Cory Booker actually said...

"Thank you for holding this hearing Mr. Chairman and thank you to our witnesses for being here today and for willing to take on these posts."

"What do you believe we could be doing in the United States to help them deal with this pressing concern?"

"I am just going to submit my statement for the record."

"human rights advocates are asserting the laws and taboos prohibiting public acknowledgement of ethnic identity have been wielded as a tool to silence criticism of the government."