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Gerry Connolly

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Gerry Edward Connolly is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Virginia's 11th congressional district since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Connolly has focused on various issues including government accountability, environmental protection, and healthcare reform. He has served on several committees, including the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, where he has been involved in investigations and legislation related to federal oversight and transparency.

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May 21, 2013

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?

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May 21, 2013

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

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May 21, 2013

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

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May 21, 2013

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

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May 20, 2013

the Affordable Health Care Act was constitutional, and there was no question that this was the law of the land.

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May 20, 2013

Like that vote, today's hearing is merely an attempt to obstruct the law and the rights of American citizens to health insurance.

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May 20, 2013

Hundreds of thousands of dollars? I am not aware of that number.

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May 20, 2013

the Republican majority is still fighting the Affordable Health Care Act as if it were not the law of the land.

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May 20, 2013

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

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May 20, 2013

the Navigator Program was created by Congress to serve as a tool to help educate and enroll citizens.

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May 20, 2013

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

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May 20, 2013

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

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May 20, 2013

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

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May 17, 2013

I thank my friend from Massachusetts. I've got to say, listening to my friends on the other side of the aisle, they give revisionist history a bad name. They want us all to somehow forget how the recession began and on whose watch. It…

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May 16, 2013

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office's latest forecast says this year's Federal deficit will shrink by 41 percent compared to last year's. That point bears repeating. The deficit is shrinking--and dramatically--thanks to the…

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May 13, 2013

Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman. And thank you for your gracious willingness to have this field hearing here in the 11th District of Virginia at George Mason University.

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May 8, 2013

I guess in addition to just the facts here, I am bothered by two Federal agencies coming to two different conclusions.

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May 7, 2013

I will add my voice to that of Mr. Cummings I am a member of not only this committee but the House Foreign Affairs Committee and you have my personal pledge that were there ever to be any hint retaliation or retribution for your…

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May 6, 2013

Assistant AG Perez did nothing wrong. On the contrary, he acted professionally and appropriately...

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May 6, 2013

We do not serve the public interest by holding this hearing as part of a shameful smear campaign against Mr. Perez.

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May 6, 2013

there will be zero tolerance, and you will not turn a blind eye.

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May 6, 2013

Their complaints and the accusations that they have leveled against Assistant AG Perez have no legitimate, legal, ethical, or professional responsibility basis.

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May 6, 2013

Rightly concerned that bad facts make for bad law, he seized the chance to reach an agreement...

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May 6, 2013

Disparate impact theory allows the government to challenge policies or practices that are seemingly neutral...

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