Emanuel Cleaver: “This is an important piece of legislation for the people of the Fifth District and for the State of Missouri.”

I think we had something with this committee that I think the people around the country of goodwill would love to see each day coming out of Washington.

If we think we're right, we ought to act like we are right.

it is pretty clear to me, while it may not always come across your television, radio, or cell phone, I believe that the overwhelming majority of Members of Congress are good and decent people. Whether we agree on everything is not factored…

He's my friend, and he is somebody who believes deeply and irreversibly in treating people decently.