Gerry Connolly actually said...

"Eighty percent of the benefits that we pay out are paid for by return on investment."

"Is it your understanding from your fellow Governors that Vermont is unique and that most State pension funds are in fact under water or about to go so?"

"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."

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