Gerry Connolly

It was blatant retaliation.

Their independence is critical.

I think the United States has to obviously assess how much risk are we willing to take.

The more we can be specific, the more people get the value of the treaty.

I rise on behalf of Ms. Bass, the author of this legislation, the Young African Leaders Initiative Act of 2021. The chairman has described the bill. This is an important piece of legislation, as we help try to nourish and develop the next…

We are going to insist on compliance with the law.

I mean, you know, if you look at the private sector, I can't think of many successful companies where the CIO does not directly report to the CEO.

Well, yes, although every dollar you're invested in the IRS has a return on it. It's not a sunk cost.

It's the Crimea Annexation Non-Recognition Act.

We must address bottlenecks and gridlock on existing roadways.

We need to deliver better roads and bridges with as much speed as we can.

What we just heard requires you to forget a blatant history of exclusion and discrimination.

We do not live in that same world today, but, my God, have we strayed far afield of the original intent.

I am going to assert that the Founders severely limited the role of the President as Commander in Chief.

My view is more of the strict constructionist point of view about what Article I means and what Article II means.

This is a wrong based in race, based in very sorted history that is long overdue to be righted.

Assumptions are dangerous. Behavior changes. We can't make decisions on that basis.

We have never made partisanship a condition of statehood.

The absurdity of the arguments being propounded on the other side of the aisle are all subterfuge.

This issue today is really about Democratic unfinished business.

200 bills have been introduced in 43 states since the election last November to restrict, repress, suppress the vote.

I grieve at what's happened to the party of Lincoln, the party of emancipation, the party of 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.

I think, for decades has operated with impunity with respect to the United States relationship.

The United States needs to approach this relationship with boldness and fortitude.

We cannot be afraid to speak truth to our partners and we cannot sacrifice American values.