Gerry Connolly actually said...

"I think we have to look at that, Mr. Berteau."

"I think we have an opportunity here to be fairly comprehensive and systematic."

"But on the other hand, it almost invites some people, politically, to seize on that and say, Good, that's how we're going to fund the government."

"President Trump used nearly 800,000 Federal employees as pawns in what I consider to be a ruthless attempt to fulfill a wrong-headed political promise."