Gerry Connolly actually said...

"Written Statement"

"So while one can understand the concerns raised by my colleague, and I share them, on the other hand the idea of 'let us not engage, let us in fact have a policy of implacable hostility,' has conseque..."

"Perhaps making a Devil's advocate argument about it, though, the idea of 'Why would we negotiate with or be engaged with a criminal regime?'"

"Should the Congress of the United States not read into that a resolve to end cooperation?"