Gerry Connolly actually said...

"I think that is a problem, and I think it has to be addressed."

"If we want to delineate this as just another political contest up here, then we have to be willing to say U.S. national security interest be damned."

"We cannot minimize or ignore the consequences of no. We cannot pretend that the alternative isn't fraught with danger as well."

"I really hope we recalibrate and try to diffuse the politics here."