Gerry Connolly actually said...

"We must show utter and complete passion for this subject. We must stamp it out."

"My time is up, Mr. Chairman, but I just want to cite H.L. Mencken, who once said that for every human problem there is a solution that is simple, neat and wrong."

"This is unacceptable. If America is about anything, it is about a value system."

"This is a bipartisan effort. This is not going to be an issue that is going to divide us along party lines at all."