Steve Cohen actually said...

"Polls show that the American people do not want to pay billions of dollars for a vanity project."

"They, quote, 'lie about a loaded weapon'--'about like a loaded weapon,' unquote."

"I think we--I appreciate your coming to the hearing, and the previous time we have been here, we have seen a lot of unanimity that this needs to be something that could happen, and so maybe we will ha..."

"It was illegal use of that power."