Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Congressman Dale Strong (R-AL), Member of the House Committees on Appropriations and Homeland Security, reintroduced the CyberCorps Enhancement Act, bipartisan legislation to improve and expand the existing CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program. Connolly and Strong previo... Read More »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement on the Biden administration's recently released Executive Order on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity: "The Biden administration’s recently issued executive order (EO) is a capstone on four years of prolific and decisive... Read More »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, along with Reps. Kweisi Mfume, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Don Bacon, reintroduced the Saving the Civil Service Act to protect the federal workforce from politicization and political manipulation. The bipartisan legislation includes and builds on Ranking Member Connolly and Rep. Fitzpatrick’s Preventing ... Read More »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, reintroduced the Equal COLA Act. The legislation aims to bring equity to the way the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is determined under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). Ranking Member Connolly previously introduced the legislation in the 11... Read More »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Brian Schatz reintroduced the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, a bill that would provide federal employees with a 4.3% pay increase in calendar year 2026. Ranking Member Connolly and Sen. Schatz previously introduced similar legislation in the 115th, 116th, 117th, and 118th... Read More »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement: I enthusiastically welcome today's announcement of a long-overdue ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas. This agreement will secure the release of Israeli and American hostages who have been held in brutal captivity by Hamas for more than a year and it will halt the fighting in Gaza, allowing for a surge in d... Read More »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the former President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH), the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Head of the US Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement: “We welcome the de... Read More »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the incoming Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement: “As Oversight Committee Democrats prepare for the 119th Congress, House Republicans are already signaling their intent to continue the dysfunction, chaos, and petty partisanship that defined their tenure during the 118th Congress. Of particular... Read More »
Today, President Joe Biden signed Rep. Gerry Connolly’s (VA-11) Not Just a Number Act into law as part of the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act. The legislation requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take a more comprehensive look at the factors that best prevent veteran suicide. “Veteran suicide is a complex problem that requires a h... Read More »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) introduced the Vital Documents Access for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Act, legislation to establish an interagency task force to facilitate increased access to vital documents like social security cards and birth certificates for unaccompanied homeless youth. “Unaccompanied homeless youth face immense challenges, including poverty, mental health concerns, ... Read More »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement after the House Democratic Caucus elected him Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability: “I thank my colleagues for their support and the confidence they’ve placed in me to lead House Democrats on the Oversight Committee. “We know what the Republican playbook will be. We have seen it before. They have de... Read More »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, and Congressman Dale Strong (R-AL), Member of the House Committees on Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Science, Space, and Technology, introduced the CyberCorps Enhancement Act of 2024, bipartisan legislation to improve and expand the exi... Read More »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, released the following statement after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the status of the independence of WMATA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG): “I welcome this GAO report which concludes that WMATA is now in compliance ... Read More »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) joined Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and 13 members of Congress representing the Chesapeake Bay watershed region, pressed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to maintain the EPA’s critical leadership on protecting the Bay. With the goals of the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Agreement expiring next year, the lawmakers asked Administra... Read More »
Last night, the House of Representatives passed the Not Just a Number Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) to require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take a more comprehensive look at the factors that best prevent veteran suicide. The legislation passed as part of the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement ... Read More »
