Nita Lowey actually said...

"I commend you on your response to Superstorm Sandy, which took the lives of more than 100 Americans."

"It seems to me certainly based upon what is happening around the country... that the Congress of the United States... was mandated or made a decision to intervene against the path of history."

"We know where the power is on this committee."

"I sometimes think maybe we would be better having us stay home and work with our constituents and solve their problems."