Gerry Connolly

The need for stricter gun enforcement and tougher penalties.

Isn't that interesting that in the majority in this Congress we haven't had a hearing on that subject.

I continue to believe on the broader point in terms of public service, you know, we have fine, upstanding civil servants who serve this country, whether they wear the uniform or they don't.

I just think that is actually an extraordinary statement and an extraordinary fact and a very heartening development when we are looking at the role of technology and lessening our foreign oil dependence.

The public can feel somewhat reassured based on the testimony we have heard today that they are actually safer than the normal car you drive with gas.

It is far higher. We have, on average, over one person die per day from vehicle-related fires.

The probability of an explosion or a safety incident with the mechanism of fueling the vehicle is higher when it is gas fired than it is with, frankly, an electric vehicle fueled by a battery?

None. Well, so the only example of any safety concern with respect to that occurred in a laboratory run by NHTSA?

Well, so the only example of any safety concern with respect to that occurred in a laboratory run by NHTSA?

I frankly share the misgivings about recess appointments.

I believe that a statement by 44 Republican Senators in the U.S. Senate announcing that they are going to try to thwart the implementation of a duly passed law--the Constitution envisioned how a law gets passed.

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Why would we build new refineries in Port Arthur, Texas if the purpose was solely for domestic consumption?

If the goal is to lessen our reliance on foreign oil, especially from areas of the world that are problematic for lots of different reasons, frankly everything has got to be on the table.

I was surprised and disappointed, Mr. Chairman, that the House majority rejected that simple amendment, calling into question the motives underlying the push to approve the Keystone pipeline.

I support such efforts to boost domestic production for domestic consumption.

I want to thank you for the opportunity to address energy and national security issues as interrelated.

The Canadian Government knows how to communicate with the United States Government, and frankly that is not through a hearing of this subcommittee.

Proponents of the Keystone XL pipeline have argued it will increase U.S. access to Canada oil.

I do strongly support 3145, the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2011, and congratulate Ranking Members Bishop and Rahall for introducing it.

Absent that kind of service, we might unintentionally, of course, actually be jeopardizing lives.

Some of the smear, the suggestion, that there is a bias against my church is false.

But if that's the nature of the services needed, and that's the nature of the grant designed, then you give it to somebody who can and will provide those services.

On August 23, we had a major earthquake here in the east coast, surprised everybody, including in my home State of Virginia.

The real conversation that ought to be taking place here may be less about management style... and more about mission.