Emanuel Cleaver actually said...

"I remain hopeful that this committee will be able to work together in a bipartisan manner to reform the housing finance system."

"I don't want to be speaker, I don't want to be assistant speaker, I don't want to be the person in charge of trash, whatever."

"You rob a neighborhood convenience store, and you are going to be ostracized and criminalized. You rob America, and you are decriminalized and monetized."

"I live here in D.C., not far from the Capitol. My rental payment is significantly higher than my mortgage payment in Kansas City."