Gerry Connolly actually said...

If there's one basic value that ought to unite us as Democrats and Republicans, as Americans, it is how we treat children.

As an American, I have a right to protest, because it's being done in my name and I don't agree.

They're not to be treated as subhumans. This is not an American way of dealing with the stranger who comes and seeks succor.

I just want to say to all four of you, I have been to a lot of hearings. This is the bravest panel I have ever heard.