Gerry Connolly actually said...

"This hearing is nothing but a smokescreen, yet another in a long chain of attempts by my friends on the other side of the aisle to deny what is manifestly true, that the Iran nuclear agreement is work..."

"I remain concerned that the government should not retain social media data of third parties who happen to engage with the applicant but have not consented to waiving their privacy rights."

"Improvements in communication between local law enforcement and Federal background investigators could prevent and could perhaps have prevented a tragedy like that that occurred in the Washington Navy..."

"I thank my friend, the chairman, for holding this hearing to examine the usefulness of social media and other crucial enhancements to the Federal background investigation process."