Nita Lowey actually said...

"This is a time when we must advocate our values and do more to defend the defenseless."

"I want to thank you, Mr. Ambassador and Assistant Secretary Brownfield, for your testimony."

"How do we actually break the power and impunity of criminal organizations and urge governments to do more to stop transnational crime?"

"The American people are good people. We have a philanthropic sector that is--frankly, it is not comparable to any other philanthropic sector anyplace in the world that I have seen."