Gerry Connolly actually said...

"We have got a long way to go in streamlining hiring process, making it easier, less bureaucratic, less paper-dominated."

"There is still a lot of discrimination, favoritism, nepotism, outright outrageous discriminatory behavior..."

"I want to compliment the chairman. I hope this doesn't hurt him, but he has gone way beyond ideology on Federal employee issues."

"There are all kinds of miscarriages of justice that would occur in the absence of high--the current evidentiary standards for allegations of misconduct."