Gerry Connolly actually said...

I would like all of you to have an opportunity if you wish, from the United States point of view, and I worry how much this causes friction ...

None of this is to whitewash real issues, but there is a context here. We want to make Turkey a more stable democratic state.

Mr. Connolly. Mr. Chairman, if I might be allowed just two more points.

I am not justifying his behavior at all, but, I mean, I think it is more that than it is culturally anti-West.