Gerry Connolly actually said...

"I think this is a shameful exercise, and I am very sad you have chosen to participate and be used the way you are being used."

"This is a panel designed... to embarrass the President of the United States."

"Somebody within the fold of the Egyptian Government... decided consciously to pick a fight with the United States."

"We do not view this situation as a legal matter involving rule of law, nor do 29 Egyptian organizations who issued a statement yesterday in Cairo."