Emanuel Cleaver actually said...

"I would like to begin by expressing my great excitement in joining the Committee on Homeland Security."

"I am eager to hear how her newly issued directives will pave the way for the Department's future."

"I am hopeful that today this committee will have the opportunity for a frank discussion with Secretary Napolitano."

"When you use the term 'bailout,' I think that--and I know the media connected with that and ran with it, and so you automatically are going to have a large number of people against a bailout no matter..."