Joseph Morelle actually said...

"I feel again like that, yes, oh, yes, here, it would only cost $3 million to do this thing, but you only have $100,000."

"the President has, quote, 'an existential need for aggressive use of the vast powers of the executive branch.'"

"Sort of undoing civil service protections, returning to a spoils system, would sort of return us to a lot of the sort of waste and abuse that really characterized 19th century American politics."

"This decision is a tremendous gift to the wealthy and to special interests."