Gerry Connolly actually said...

I think the frustration being expressed here is that it has now been 12 years since the tragedy of 9/11 and we seem not to have resolved thi...

We don't want you to die, Mr. Chairman, but we certainly want to take over, and I do make that pledge.

Given his pedigree, he's been referred to as a moderate, but he certainly has impeccable credentials from the revolutionary point of view.

it is implicitly an acknowledgement that we are not doing it and can't do it.