Emanuel Cleaver actually said...

"the unemployment in the country has, blessedly, dropped significantly. All of us should be happy about it."

"Any attempt to dismantle it I believe could have a devastating impact on our communities and in the housing market."

"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."