So they said

“Biden believes in #life from conception, but @VP has voted for years to kill babies. #CanNotBeCatholicandProChoice #prolife” – U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Fowler/Hutchinson, tweeting about Vice President Joe Biden just before Pope Francis addressed Congress

“Today the establishment lost. #Boehner” – Huelskamp, in a tweet after House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced his resignation

“We’ve had just a horrific state legislative session here.… And they made Congress look functional.” – U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Topeka, speaking in Oswego

“I can walk into any school and talk to the janitor and I can tell you who the best teacher is in every school. They all know, so telling me you can’t figure that out, I don’t buy that argument.” – House Education Committee Chairman Ron Highland, R-Wamego, on the idea of including merit pay for teachers in a new school-finance formula

“It really can’t happen.” – former Health and Human Services Secretary and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, saying any politician promising to repeal the Affordable Care Act “is just not telling the truth”

This story was originally published September 25, 2015 at 7:06 PM.