Gerry Connolly actually said...

"Disparaging the workforce does not get you skilled workers."

"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."

"We want to make sure that if there is a compelling use of these properties at the local level, that they get sort of first right of refusal."

"So we want to make sure we are in sync and that we are not an outlier, because the Federal Government, frankly, is not subject to local zoning regulations and laws, and that can sometimes be problemat..."