Gerry Connolly actually said...

"It is not okay to turn a blind eye to this practice. It is not okay to treat it as a bureaucratic requirement that we can check off a box because people have been trained or made more aware."

"I would certainly, and I know the chairman and members of the committee would, welcome any additional thoughts you might have."

"It seems to me that the system you described in your 10-point sort of list, the weak link is the recruiting, potentially."

"the previous administration tried doing what the chairman suggested: Why not just settle for a lower level? And a court of law said 'not good enough'"