Gerry Connolly actually said...

"Why in the world would we want to add $54 billion to the Pentagon's budget this year when we haven't addressed the critical issue of efficiency?"

"Presumably, when and if that diplomatic effort needs to be launched, a planned 31 percent cut in the State Department and USAID's budget would not really be helpful."

"I would ask my colleagues on both sides to join in demanding an independent commission and a special prosecutor to do the job that the Attorney General is unable to do."

"NATO is not a charity project for our European allies. NATO is strongly in the interests of the United States of America."