VIDEO: Here was Catherine Herridge's full opening statement at the House @JudiciaryGOP hearing, her first on-camera comments since being laid off by CBS News and having her records seized: “I’m here today with a deep sense of gratitude and humility. I appreciate the subcommittee… pic.twitter.com/sOOTZgBiSm

Catherine Herridge says CBS' seizure of her files and records was "journalistic rape" @DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/gBTQmIx8oX

@RepHageman: “Ms. Herridge, how fundamental to reporting is the protection of your sources?” Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge): “Congresswoman, I have not lost a nights sleep about my decision to protect my confidential sources. That is the core of who I am as a journalist. I am… pic.twitter.com/jNgg5H0291

.@RepHageman: “Do you think that the heavy-handed nature of the signs is to compel quick disclosure of sources and that gave reporters a choice, a similar choice the way you exercise yours?” Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge): “Congresswoman, just ask yourself, how many… pic.twitter.com/DFt4EddDHz

@RepHageman: “Well, it — it doesn't just apply in your industry. We have other agencies and I think that it’s a sign of a tyrannical government when we give them the ability to levy fines like this. An example that I was — I will use is that the EPA has the authority to levy… pic.twitter.com/emMdBv75XD

Congresswoman Becca Blaint (D-VT) says what happened to journalists like Sharyl Attkisson and Catherine Herridge were just "employment disputes with news agencies that are now being conflated into some kind of conspiracy theory": "[W]e are told repeatedly that there are… pic.twitter.com/wfLbAp0CR9