Gerry Connolly actually said...

"where you stand is where you sit. Where my constituents stand is that the Federal Government gets a free ride every day on Metro, because it doesn't pay operating subsidies."

"You were not there?"

"We have witnessed a maddeningly decade-long descent into mediocrity, where it's imbued the entire workforce."

"I don't want a burden on mine. And in Virginia we pay the subsidy, my local taxpayers."