Gerry Connolly actually said...

My friend from Pennsylvania, Mr. Kelly, is so articulate and so persuasive, he almost persuaded me that we are a third-rate power in the wor...

the idea that we are the substitute for that strategy is just not going to work.

If you want an honest investigation of this tragedy, we will join you. But if you want to persist in trying to somehow to put this, lay this...

That is not an honest inquiry. And that is an attempt to besmirch, in my opinion, the reputation of a very talented and capable public serva...