Gerry Connolly actually said...

"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."

"Americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them."

"The public has a right to know what the government is doing and what they get from their hard-earned dollars."

"Americans have a right to know how their money in Washington is taken from them and how it is spent."