Gerry Connolly actually said...

"Chairman Bernanke, would you agree that the municipal credit market is still in distress?"

"If we do not want to see this economy contract further, we need to help municipalities and States access credit."

"I would hope that this committee would act to intervene to help municipalities in a time of need."

"The Social Darwinism espoused there would basically throw municipalities and States in the United States into the ditch."