Nita Lowey actually said...

"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."

"I cannot condone the use of taxpayer dollars to defend a discriminatory law at any time."