Gerry Connolly actually said...

"I must say that listening to some opine on this subject... one is a little alarmed that some would become a latter-day Torquemada."

"The idea that there is some systematic attempt to--a bias implemented against the Catholic Church or Catholic entities is a libel and not true."

"Okay. So we have pretty much put to rest whether there is a Catholic bias in this administration. There isn't."

"No member of this committee or of the body, the Congress, can purport to speak for the Catholic Church or for all Catholics."