Gerry Connolly actually said...

"My friend from California wants to minimize what just occurred, and I understand that from his point of view. But there's nothing trivial about getting six or seven phone calls to individual inspector..."

"There's actually history here, going back to 36 years, in terms of trying to make sure we're not politicizing or wholesale removing and replacing inspectors general."

"It was never intended, however, that the inspectors general be automatically replaced on a wholesale basis without regard to their individual merits whenever there is a change in administration."

"Health care should not be a privilege, it must be a right."