Chris Smith actually said...

Thank you so very much, Chairman Chabot. And likewise, a good and extraordinarily effective friend.

If they were the most qualified applicants we could hire them, absolutely.

One can argue about all the defects of the current order, but I assure you with absolute certainty that you do not want a global regime set ...

I think we need to take a hard look at this sort of self-censorship and how it relates to the academic freedom of American institutions.