Gerry Connolly

Count me a skeptic on Egypt's commitment to promoting civil society.

Just because Egypt lives up to its obligations under the peace treaty with Israel doesn't mean that the United States will continue to provide assistance unconditionally and disregard human rights conditions because we will not do that.

At what point do we recognize that we are going to have to at least modify that hope because it is not going to happen?

Maybe we have to give up on the idea, after 12 years of trying, on a strong, central, functional government that holds sway over the whole country based in Baghdad.

I have to say that in listening to many of your answers I hear a lot of aspirations and I share them too, but I am not quite sure whether they are realistically achievable any more.

Well, actually, maybe a new inspector general is really the answer.

Review of these emails revealed that there was a lot of discussion between the employees on how to process the Tea Party and other political applications.

But the morale, we will keep on flogging people until the morale is improved. That seems to be the philosophy of some of my friends on the other side of the aisle.

I wish my friend from South Carolina was still here, because his concern for morale at the IRS is really touching.

Here is the head of investigations in your organization under TIGTA that says otherwise, that directly challenges the propounded thought that only Tea Party and conservative groups were challenged, and it was deliberate and it was targeted.

I certainly associate myself, and I know my colleagues do on this side of the aisle as well, with the sentiments expressed by the distinguished chairman that we should always speak with respect about each other.

I certainly hope that this would reflect a new day dawning here in the committee and that we can proceed civilly.

Well, I guess you and I could argue that all day, Mr. Chairman, and we need to get on with this hearing and allow Mr. Koskinen to get back to his job.

Since I have been chief of this section, I have never encountered, nor will I tolerate, any politically motivated decisions.

Since I joined the public integrity section in 1992, I have never encountered politically motivated decisions.

Doveryai no proveryai—trust but verify.

ISIS is not the creation of this administration, nor is the unsettlement in Iraq the responsibility of this administration.

The American people do not want this intervention. You know, 63 percent to 29 percent oppose sending U.S. ground troops back into Iraq.

I am not sure much is achieved by referring to the Turkish Government, a NATO ally... as a thug.

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said she is sponsoring a bill with Brad Sherman and the premise of that bill is we shouldn't differentiate.

By not having done so in a timely manner perhaps unwittingly we are actually expanding the proliferation threat.

I had a friend killed in one of our embassies in a terrorist attack because there was no setback.

I'm sympathetic to the challenge that we face, and it's real.

I also find it interesting that in hindsight we have perfect understanding of the security needs in Benghazi.

I believe that's inaccurate. And for the record, I would ask you to go back and have Mr. Kennedy clarify.