Chris Smith actually said...

"The people who are defending the health of the people of La Oroya in La Oroya, they are heroes;"

"I am grateful to Congressman Christopher Smith, the chair of the subcommittee, and to Congresswoman Karen Bass, the ranking member, for this opportunity to be a witness before you, witness to the joys..."

"It is not the economy that we need to be looking out for. It is the human beings that we need to be looking out for."

"I don't have any agenda other than that. And I would ask that they recognize those things about the patients and advocates."