"I feel that after my testimony both sides will work for the benefit of America, as you always do." Stephen Colber to Congress in Congress 9/24/2010
Stephen Colbert testifies to Congress as an expert witness in support of migrant farm workers after spending almost an entire hour in upstate New York fields picking beans. Though played in character, he had one serious note as to the why of his interest.
"I like talking about people who don’t have any power…I feel the need to speak for those who can’t speak for themselves….We ask them to come and work, and then we ask them to leave again. They suffer, and have no rights." Stephen Colbert closing words to Congress in Congress 9/24/2010