Gerry Connolly actually said...

"I would suggest, respectfully, tread very lightly on what you conclude about that."

"If my police chief were at this table, he would testify that we don't want to essentially federalize our police forces..."

"I think we cannot afford to ignore them."

"The system is broken, and until we reform immigration as a whole, we will not be able to get past some of these loopholes that criminals are finding."