Gerry Connolly actually said...

"We have to get out of this mindless narrative that all spending is the same and all spending is bad."

"We need to highlight that kind of statistic more. We need to educate our colleagues around here that it aint all the same."

"I think it is very important that we move beyond the mindless narrative that government is just big, bloated, and fat."

"If we really are serious about debt reduction, here is a vehicle for trying to get at savings."