"For the past 2 and 1/2 weeks, the Holy Spirit has been waking me up in the middle of the night and preparing me (through my reluctance and doubt) to deliver a message in the House Chamber."

• US House of Representative's stenographer Dianne Foster Reidy, who was physically removed from the chamber while delivering what seemed like an incoherent rant during a vote to re-open the government and raise the debt ceiling, reading a written statement on Fox news.