Emanuel Cleaver actually said...

"What I hope will happen is one of the Members will pick up the mantle and delve into the issues and matters of foreign relations as has Donald Payne."

"Donald Payne was about as good and decent a human being as has ever walked the Halls of this stately House."

"I hate cancer. I can't think of a human being that I hate, but I hate cancer."

"This is the city that attracted courageous leaders who slammed slavery into the junkpile of days gone by."