George Santos actually said...

"I'm very confident I can fight this one. It's very easy."

"It's not the first time in history that I've been told to shut up and go to the back of the room, especially by people who come from a privileged background."

"With the ongoing attention surrounding both my personal and campaign financial investigations, I have submitted a request to Speaker McCarthy that I'd be temporarily recused from my Committee assignme..."

"I'm sorry. Nobody tells me to do anything. I made that decision on my own that I thought best represented in the interest of the voters."