Gerry Connolly actually said...

"And so it seems to me every budget represents our values, and the budget that is about to come before the floor I fear does not represent these values and will do harm to our country in the long run."

"So in the legislation that the chairman was talking about, maybe one of the elements we could have is to toughen up reporting requirements by the agencies to you, maybe even toughen up your coordinati..."

"I think there is the will among senior people in these agencies to do it, but they need help doing it."

"Mr. Chairman, I just want to thank you. This is our first hearing of this new subcommittee, and I think you have set a tone of collaboration, cooperation, and bipartisanship."