Gerry Connolly actually said...

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 ...

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?

Your committee's annual work on the NDAA is a model of bipartisan inclusivity. We should strive to follow that more often in Congress.