The 7 Funniest Lines From Colbert's Testimony To Congress (PHOTOS)

Earlier this morning, Stephen Colbert testified before Congress during the "Protecting America's Harvest" hearing. Colbert, who recently worked on a corn and vegetable farm for a day, testified in character on the dependency of our food supply on farm workers, and to debunk the myth that undocumented farm workers take away jobs from Americans. Although the venue was serious, Colbert still got in some really hilarious lines, especially during his opening statement. We selected our 7 favorite quotes for you below with accompanying images from his testimony. Vote for your favorite!

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[eeentropyyy]

02:08 PM on 10/08/2010

They spent how long trying to keep steroids out of baseball? I think we can afford to have a comedian testify even if in character for most of it for ten minutes.

Because it is satire he can tell them what they are doing to their face and have them reach the conclusions he would want them to reach without preaching. His out of character stuff was worth all his character stuff and while it doesn't belong here, it is worth hearing.

[MTmel]

11:05 AM on 10/07/2010

I loved SC's testimony. It was painfully funny. He is smart enough to know that what he was doing was going to evoke strong reactions that were all over the map.

Bottom line....he made his point.

[Dusibello]

10:51 AM on 10/02/2010

Folks who believe Colbert's shtick is 'genius' and 'brilliant' have not read enough Mencken.

And citizens who get so much buzz over a comic goofing for a congressional committee are part of the problem...

[sleepingcobra]

03:20 PM on 10/06/2010

Your cause is noble, but the rest of us are going to have to move on without you.

[Alejandra Villarreal]

01:24 PM on 10/01/2010

It's AGJobs, not Add Jobs.

[J David Auner]

08:16 AM on 09/29/2010

If politicians didn't understand Colbert it says more about politicians.

[Constant Hover]

08:35 AM on 09/28/2010

So, congress let a comedian in to testify and mock them for their own amusement? And this is news? I think Colbert is brilliant, but mocking congress to their face while he's in character is beyond absurd to me. I wonder if this whole thing was set up just for their own amusement?

[historyprof]

01:41 AM on 10/09/2010

What is absurd is that many in Congress, especially the Republicans in the Senate, are so intent on obstructing anything that Obama wants to accomplish that they won't even pass a bill to cover the health care costs of 9/11 responders who are dying of painful respiratory ailments brought on from their heroic work at Ground Zero.

I would bet that Stephen Colbert's one day as a farm worker gives him a much greater understanding of agricultural workplace issues than is possessed by any of those Representatives who decried his appearance.

[Robert MacEwan]

07:15 PM on 09/27/2010

"testified in character" CEO performances before Congress mimic his act

[CristineN]

03:05 PM on 09/27/2010

He should keep to his day job, testify as a citizen not a comedian... next they'll have Lindsay Lohan testifying on behalf of responsible young adults

[airmikee99]

11:07 PM on 09/27/2010

Bad analogies are bad.

[Minion]

02:08 PM on 09/27/2010

Hey! Steny was not amused.

[thrillsnswills]

01:55 PM on 09/27/2010

That's a great head of hair.

[oldrazor]

01:54 PM on 09/27/2010

I really like Colbert, but this country doesn't need him to make idiots of Congress. They do that quite well on their own.

[shamanbart]

01:46 PM on 09/27/2010

My favorite is the line where he wants to enter into the Congressional Record the video of his colonoscopy. Awesome!

[horus07]

12:49 PM on 09/27/2010

Namaste Stephen
Many Blessings

[mikemiracle]

09:42 AM on 09/27/2010

The "he killed a man back in Ireland" is the best line. Well, until i googled what a Brazilian was.

[Remendado]

10:14 AM on 09/27/2010

So let those of us who didn't google "Brazilian" in on the joke, ok?

[elsie900]

12:27 PM on 09/27/2010

Nah, trust us, you're better off googling it in the privacy of your own... google.

[Monk2001]

01:20 PM on 09/27/2010

Really.... You both don't/didn't know what a brazilian was/is refering to?

[Fleurdamour]

09:40 AM on 09/27/2010

Y'all forgot "The invisible hand doesn't pick beans." Genius.

[elsie900]

12:28 PM on 09/27/2010

Seriously, that one needs to be a t-shirt AND a bumper sticker.