Gerry Connolly actually said...

"I think the reason he is releasing them is because Secretary of State John Kerry broke his arm to release them, because he wants to energize the peace process and get the Palestinians engaged in negot..."

"Am I to understand from that that the United States Government is saying even if you win a free and democratic election if you alienate people in your governance it's okay to overthrow it?"

"We can either afford to fund a food stamp program or we can fund our foreign policy interests. We cannot do both."

"That is a very dangerous place for the United States to be."