Chris Smith actually said...

"State dinners and the like ought to be predicated on real progress."

"the character of our country has to be measured in part not by what we do when things are easy, but what we do when things are hard."

"Criticism helps when it is benign; especially when it is well-meaning and constructive, it helps us to reform."

"I think this ranges from adding the names of torture survivors like people who share their stories with us today."