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Connolly Statement on Biden Administration’s AI Memo

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, released the following statement after the Office of Management and Budget issued its first government-wide policy on addressing and adopting AI: “The Biden Administration’s AI Memo is a crucial step forward in the federal government’s responsible embrace...

Connolly, Wilson Lead Bipartisan Letter to Secretary Blinken and Secretary Austin Reaffirming the U.S.-Republic of Korea Alliance Ahead of Third Summit for Democracy

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Congressmen Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Gerry Connolly (D-VA), together with fellow Korea Caucus Co-Chairs Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Ami Bera (D-CA), sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reaffirming the U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) alliance ahead of the Third Summit for Democracy. The thirteen signatories commend and applaud the ROK for hosting ...

Connolly Statement in Opposition to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, released the following statement in opposition to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, legislation to force ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban in American app stores. Connolly was unable to attend the vote due t...

For the Postal Service, truck safety takes a back seat

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In June 2022, members of the Godines and Everts families were driving to their home in Gillette, Wyo. Traveling behind the family on I-25 as they passed Greeley, Colo. was a freight truck carrying mail on a contract with the U.S. Postal Service. The truck’s brakes were out of alignment, it was uninsured, and its driver did not have a commercial driver’s license. The truck slammed into the back of ...

Oversight Committee Unanimously Approves Connolly’s Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act

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By a vote of 40-0, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability approved the Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) to require the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to collect, track, and publicly report information related to deaths and injuries resulting from traffic crashes involving vehicles transporting mail. The legislation i...

Connolly, Keating, Turner, Panetta, Wilson, Kean Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Reaffirming U.S. Commitment to NATO

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President Emeritus of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Ranking Member Bill Keating (D-MA) and Chairman Tom Kean (R-NJ) of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) of the US Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) introduced a bipartisan resolution, H.Re...

Connolly Calls for Additional Resources to Process SIV Applications

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement: “As many at-risk Afghans remain in Afghanistan or third countries, the United States must do all that is within its power to help those who assisted us during the 20-year engagement. For years, before the fall of Kabul, Congress had shifted resources away from processing and conducting SIV interviews to create a massive backlog of...

Connolly Announces Inclusion of Community Project Funding Requests in House-Passed FY24 Appropriations Package

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Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, announced that the House adopted fourteen of his Community Project Funding (CPF) requests in the first of two FY24 appropriations packages. The funding package passed the House 339-85. “I am proud to have secured more than $12 million for proj...

Connolly Joins Letter Urging President Biden to Advocate for a Stop to the Fighting and a Two-State Solution in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the President Emeritus of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, joined Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Congressman William Keating (D-MA), and 59 of their colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden, urging him to use diplomatic leverage to pursue a stop to the violence in Gaza, outline a clear and fai...

Connolly, Wilson Introduce Resolution Celebrating US-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation

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Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC), senior members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced a resolution recognizing the importance of trilateral cooperation among the United States, Japan, and South Korea. Connolly and Wilson are joined by their fellow Korea Caucus co-chairs Reps. Ami Bera (D-CA), and Mike Kelly (R-PA), Japan Caucus Co-Chairs Reps...

Connolly Invites Leading IVF Advocate Barb Collura to 2024 State of the Union Address

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Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) announced that Barb Collura, the President and CEO of RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, will be his guest at the 2024 State of the Union Address. A nationally recognized expert on infertility and the family building journey, Barb Collura has led RESOLVE since 2007. “It is my privilege to attend the State of the Union with my constituent and cha...

Connolly Joins Effort Urging VA to Improve Treatment for Sexual Assault Survivors

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Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined Reps. Annie Kuster (D-NH), Don Bacon (R-NE), and Julia Brownley (D-CA) in sending a bipartisan letter to VA Secretary Denis McDonough requesting the VA improve care for veterans who seek treatment for sexual assault and sexual abuse at VHA facilities. The letter was written in response to a December 2023 VA OIG report that identified failures in the ...

Connolly Condemns Bloodshed in Gaza City

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Washington, D.C. - Congressman Gerald E. Connolly, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on reports that civilians were killed while seeking humanitarian assistance in Gaza City. “This is horrifying. The IDF’s use of live ammunition against hungry Palestinian civilians is repugnant. Half the population in Gaza is on the brink of famine. Aid must b...

Connolly Statement on USPS OIG Report on Contract Trucking Safety and Compliance

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, released the following statement in response to the U.S. Postal Service Inspector General's report on mail contract trucking safety and compliance. Connolly is a recipient of the 2023 Truck Safety Champion Award from the Truck Safety Coalition for his...

Connolly, Schakowsky Lead Letter to Blinken on Press Freedom and Protection of Journalists in Gaza

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) led 23 Members of Congress in writing to Secretary of State Antony Blinken to express concern for the high death toll of journalists and significant challenges to press freedom in Gaza. With more journalists killed in three months than have ever been killed in a single country over an entire year, the letter calls for urgent...

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