Gerry Connolly

We are told that the additional protocol is going to give us access.

Trust me there is a question in here somewhere.

This is a radical departure in U.S. nonproliferation policy.

What we are agreeing to here is that we are agreeing to a pathway, to a process.

Fundamentally, this deal will represent acceptance of Iran as a nuclear weapons threshold state.

We are disparaging the Federal workforce. No matter how you put lipstick on a pig, it is still a pig. {time} 1600

Defending the Federal employee is of low political yield in many districts, not mine, but many.

We need to be speaking in respectful tones about our workforce. We need to be motivating them and incentivizing them.

And I don't want to overstate it. And the chairman was kind enough to note that I was a little agitated as you were answering his question because I do think that Congress has to take responsibility for some of this.

And would it be fair to say that it is a little misleading to even give a grade to the Department of Homeland Security as a whole because, actually, when you look at your constituent parts, there is enormous variety in the scores of morale…

The problem isn't just within Federal agency management. Part of the problem is the political management problem right here in the halls of Congress.

So maybe having some pay differential or some kind of incentive pay structure might be useful if we are going to compete with the private sector or even have a fighting chance to do that.

So maybe the way to get the IRS technologically advanced and solving the kinds of problems Mr. Jordan just described is actually let's pay everyone in the technology and IT sector half of what they might make otherwise. Would that work?

The Annual Report notes that over the past five Fiscal Year the IRS's inflation adjust to budget was cut by 17 percent.

One can't ignore the reality that many of these serious problems are a result of the fact that we here in Congress created our Nation's incredibly complex tax code, but in recent years we have stubbornly refused to appropriate the funds to…

Well, apparently, some of your agents, when they went to Cartagena thought prostitution was not included in that litany.

So, Ms. Leonhart, when you said to me just now that's a violation of our existing policy, you meant the new existing policy. Is that correct?

It's always wrong in terms of your policy no matter where, no matter when, no matter what the circumstances.

The DEA's tolerance level for prostitution depends on the local culture in which the offense occurs.

Our policies were not as clear. They did not specifically say 'prostitution.'

The instability in the region is not the fault or the responsibility of any administration.

I have the highest yielding dollar fish industry in that city of New Bedford that I represent and climate change has affected drastically the fishing industry.

We had a review panel that recommended strongly that the President should seek an outside Director for your position.

This Committee is entitled to those tapes for its own investigative purposes.

The burden is on you and your lawyers to make a case before this Committee representing the institution of Congress.