Gerry Connolly actually said...

"By not being a member, and the Chinese being a member, they actually can influence all the committees and subcommittees and we can't."

"Today's hearing is political theatre. There's not even the pretense of trying to get at the truth."

"Surely my colleague did not mean to suggest that those of us who have a different opinion on guns are communists."

"I count myself, certainly, as an unswerving supporter of Israel, but that doesn't mean I can't be critical as a friend."