Jerrold Nadler actually said...

"I see that the majority has again prejudged the issue with the title of this hearing."

"I had hoped that we could at least agree that a realistic understanding of how that system is functioning would entail a balanced look at both the costs and benefits of the system."

"If an AG, through a contingency fee lawyer, wins millions of dollars in damages for the taxpayers or for some injured class in the State, what is wrong with that?"

"But if that had not happened, the State would have gotten zero and the State could not have afforded to bring the case in the first place."