Gerry Connolly actually said...

"part of me feels we are a little bit fiddling while Rome is burning because of course, we are now on the first day of a complete government shutdown."

"What we shouldn't be doing is trying to paint with a guilty brush by insinuation the guilt of Mr. Beale and perhaps others."

"I think it is really important we put this hearing in that context."

"Sometimes when people say it is not about money, it is about money."