Gerry Connolly actually said...

"When Dan Burton was chairman of the committee he issued hundreds of subpoenas--losing track of who he had subpoenaed."

"I happen to believe that Congress ought to revive inherent contempt enforcing subpoenas institutionally as the separate but coequal legislative branch of government."

"I urge all my colleagues to support Mr. Mfume's amendment, and I yield back."

"I think the amendment is not unnecessary. I think it, in fact, improves things."