Gerry Connolly actually said...

"I share the chairman's concern about the fate of so many minority communities in the region."

"I do agree, of course, that the administration regime of Bashar Assad must go, but we are going have to work very carefully to make sure that that which replaces it is a government that respects the r..."

"I mean, it is very clear that the United States' prestige and engagement around the world were badly damaged by 8 years of the previous administration."

"It seems to me that the United States must speak out about that to--and without doing something ham-handed, try to offer its protection to those minority communities."