Gerry Connolly actually said...

"We need a vibrant foreign affairs policy. However, that policy needs to be one that is prudent with the American taxpayer's money."

"If we continue to slash the foreign assistance budget irresponsibly as your side of the aisle did in H.R. 1, we are going to cripple our ability to exercise diplomacy."

"The idea that the world's surviving superpower cannot afford to back up its diplomatic efforts is to me a reckless thought, an unacceptable thought."

"I am reminded of the fact, listening to our colleague understandably concerned about the use of loudspeakers, that when the United States, through the Government of General Noriega in Panama, the Amer..."