Rob Andrews: “I want to thank you for making such a good faith effort to raise an issue we really need to raise.”

Provocation is not the goal of these questions; a sober analysis is.

It is appalling. But, you know, when all seems lost, there are some metrics... that make you feel a little more optimistic.

I think you are doing some of the most meaningful work in this Congress by your diligence here, and I am proud to be associated with it in a very minor way after the work you have done.

I think you are doing some of the most important work in our country and you are all doing it very well.