Gerry Connolly

I thank the distinguished chairman and the distinguished ranking member and their staffs, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I rise to invite the distinguished chairman of the committee and the ranking member to engage in a colloquy. As a Member that represents a large technology community in northern Virginia, I share Chairman Carter and Ranking Member Price's…

I think this is a very important debate. I remind my colleague from Virginia that I was on the board of supervisors in Fairfax County during the Karzai trial, and most certainly it was a difficult time, but we handled, professionally, that…

A lot of people holding up the Constitution saying they believe in the Constitution, well, the Fifth Amendment... is a constitutional right.

While there were some stories when you were appointed about who is Dan Werfel, those of us here in the Oversight and Government Reform Committee knew the answer.

It's a matter of very stupid judgment.

It strikes me as really a less than judicious use of taxpayer money.

I can tell you in my own district, Syrian minorities have very mixed feelings about what is unfolding in Syria.

I would contend that there are no easy choices for the United States in Syria. And to suggest otherwise is itself misleading.

The centrality of rule of law and respect for the spectrum of civil rights, human rights, we believe, as Americans, are universal.

I don't think the administration is fiddling, and I can't imagine you, representing the administration, believe that either.

The risks of drilling in this sensitive region outweigh the benefits.

I thank my friend from California, Ms. Chu, for her leadership and my colleague, Mr. Polis, from Colorado. I couldn't be in more congenial company on an amendment that I think is very simple and straightforward. The American people are…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Rahall The Acting CHAIR. It is…

And in fact so much so that they've actually sort of graduated in terms of economic development assistance and economic support funds.

Did we not agree to help finance some of the positive attributes that flow from Camp David and did we not consider it cheap at the price--that is, the price of peace?

The Camp David Accords... was the first formal accord since Israel's independence between an Arab belligerent state and the state of Israel.

The idea that not much has changed in 2,000 years in this region I can't quite let go by.

I support the amendment in the form of a substitute for H.R. 850, and I also am supportive of the en bloc amendment package.

I think this administration most certainly does take sanctions against Iran very seriously, has enforced them.

They will certainly let them know that if their situation changes, they need to put that information in there.

The more people who are in the pool, the more diversified the pool, the lower the costs are for everybody.

I think we definitely tried to learn lessons from those previous programs

That is what we have put out in this grant application, yes.

That is my understanding, yes.