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Gerry Connolly: “I thank the Speaker for returning us to regular order. Mr. Speaker, these are all falsehoods used to justify a needless…”

On the recordMay 8, 2014
I thank the Speaker for returning us to regular order. Mr. Speaker, these are all falsehoods used to justify a needless expense of taxpayer dollars to beat to death for political purposes the tragedy that occurred in Benghazi. And the invocation of the name of the deceased Ambassador, Chris Stevens, even though his own family has pleaded that he not be used as a political pawn in a political partisan game, is something that is beneath contempt. {time} 1700
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia
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May 8, 2014

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