Madeleine Dean actually said...

"As troubling as this topic is, I can't tell you how glad that we are here today."

"We are here to acknowledge the terrible wrong in history, to recognize the continuation of those injuries."

"The discrimination, the atrocities continue."

"I am sorry that you have to be here again to plead your case to reauthorize the Victim Compensation Fund, a decision that, as Mr. Stewart says, should be a no-brainer."