Gerry Connolly actually said...

"I'm troubled by the fact that all of a sudden the transparency is shutting down."

"I do have to say that we know, from your reports... that Americans--American taxpayers' money was wasted was because of the work that the inspector generals did."

"I think that is a issue that's important for us to take up in CIGIE, to how--how to better deal with the transparency issues that you've raised and I know we are concerned, other members were talking ..."

"oversight is really a constitutional responsibility of ours."