Emanuel Cleaver: “Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I think this is a matter that has received too little attention from the Congress…”

We are just tearing apart a district in order to satisfy someone's desire for reelection.

We can be mad, we can cuss - we're three votes down. That's the reality.

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.