Gerry Connolly actually said...

no one wants to trample overdue process and the rights of Federal employees, but we do not want to sacrifice accountability

Continued human rights abuses and power consolidation at the expense of peaceful opposition in Egypt is neither consistent with U.S. interes...

I think this was a really thoughtful conversation. I hope we can expand on it because this is a critical relationship.

Those goals should inform our dialogue with the el-Sisi government and how we confront the fissures that have opened up in this alliance.