Bennie Thompson actually said...

"Serious threats demand action from serious people. Not politically-motivated attacks, not inflammatory language that divides us."

"Republicans are directing politically-motivated attacks at these administration witnesses, and they are doing so to distract from Republicans' own failures at governing."

"Cabinet secretaries shouldn't be impeached over policy differences. That is not what the Constitution says."

"To be sure, Republicans have failed at running the House of Representatives."