Rick Larsen actually said...

"But in the long term, emergency powers should not be a convenience that is used to circumvent congressional action."

"So, regardless of the sitting President's political party, Congress needs to conduct oversight of emergency powers used by the executive branch."

"We are here to discuss safeguarding our democracy, strengthening our democratic institutions and Congress' responsibility to maintain their Article One power as a co-equal branch of government."

"A core tenant of the Constitution is a system of checks and balances, which ensures that no one branch of Government has too much control or power."