Gerry Connolly actually said...

"We cannot minimize or ignore the consequences of no. We cannot pretend that the alternative isn't fraught with danger as well."

"Very difficult. So actually the damage to our credibility could be quite consequential, not minimal."

"I really hope we recalibrate and try to diffuse the politics here."

"What is U.S. interest? That is what we ought to be talking about, and we ought to be hard-nosed about it."