Gerry Connolly actually said...

"We look forward to working on a bipartisan basis to try to fix this."

"I would hope that out of this hearing, and maybe there will be subsequent hearings, we will produce some legislation--it's got to be bipartisan--to reauthorize the Board, but also to fix the immediate..."

"I think it was Sam Rayburn who once said, looking at politics, he said the Republicans are the opposition, but the U.S. Senate is the enemy."

"This is not a Republican or Democratic issue. This is a good government issue."