Steve Cohen actually said...

"The fundamental purpose of the pardon power is to ensure fairness and proportionality in our criminal justice system and to provide a check against miscarriages of justice."

"And is it possible that there is something in there that might amount to a coverup of knowledge of what the Russians were doing which would not amount to a conspiracy?"

"Before I recognize the chair for his statement, I do want to mention that President Obama, in my opinion, didn't give enough pardons, or commutations, to people with drug cases."

"Since Watergate, it has been clear that the President can't abuse his powers to place himself above the law."