Gerry Connolly actually said...

"the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act of 2009...includes a provision to authorize up to $1.5 billion in Federal cost-share funds for local government stormwater management efforts."

"Should there be some concern that, with the best of intentions, some of the cost-cutting measures being contemplated or undertaken could prove to be counterproductive?"

"I believe that any short-term steps must be taken in the context of consideration of the long-term business model for the Postal Service."

"I just don't want to see us, by default, allow the economic forces to define what the Postal Service will look like in the future."