Joseph Morelle actually said...

"I expect today's hearing to cover a wide range... of important topics, including what AOC leadership is doing to combat some systemic problems within the agency."

"I know that you have described--I think this is the right term--that you need to be tethered--your vehicle needs to be tethered to the architect, meaning you, so that you could respond directly to get..."

"the agency of the Architect of the Capitol plays a pivotal role in making the Capitol complex a place in which my colleagues and I are privileged to work, safe, welcoming, and functional."

"If you need to be tethered and if you needed the vehicle to be here, why did you make the decision not to come here?"