Gerry Connolly said "So we in Congress can't have it both ways, we can't beat up on you on the fact that you have a backlog and then we shut down the government, forcing you to make some tough decisions about who gets furloughed and who doesn't, hampering an effort that otherwise had actually been showing significant progress." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordOctober 29, 2013

So we in Congress can't have it both ways, we can't beat up on you on the fact that you have a backlog and then we shut down the government, forcing you to make some tough decisions about who gets furloughed and who doesn't, hampering an effort that otherwise had actually been showing significant progress.

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Gerry Connolly

Democratic · Virginia

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congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Connolly criticizes Congress for creating backlogs while enforcing furloughs.

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