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Ranking Member Connolly’s Statement on President Trump’s 2026 Budget Proposal

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s FY2026 budget proposal which slashes funding for vital programs to feed tax giveaways for billionaires. “President Trump’s FY2026 budget proposal is a slap in the face for hard-working American families struggling to make ends ...

Connolly Issues Updated Open Letter to Constituents

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Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA) released the following open letter to his constituents: Dear Friends, I want to begin by thanking you for your good wishes and compassion as I continue to tackle my diagnosis. Your outpouring of love and support has given me strength in my fights – both against cancer and in our collective defense of democracy. When I announced my diagnosis six months ago, I p...

Oversight Democrats Demand Answers After CDC Whistleblower Exposes Trump Administration Eliminated Agency’s Entire FOIA Office

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Acting Director Susan Monarez demanding answers after the Committee was provided with reports of the elimination of all staff responsible for responding to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests at the CDC. “I write with concern r...

Connolly Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Reauthorize the Technology Modernization Fund

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Today, Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC), the Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, reintroduced the Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Reform Act, bipartisan legislation to reauthorize and reform the Technology Mo...

Connolly Statement on Trump's Willingness to Recognize Russia's Illegal Annexation of Crimea

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Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the former President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement on President Donald Trump's proposal to recognize Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea as part of a larger agreement: “The Trump Administration cannot allow the U.S. to recognize Putin’s forceful and illegal ...

Connolly, Kaine, and Warner Issue Statement on Trump Administration’s Revival of Schedule F

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Today, U.S. Representative Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11) and U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) released the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s move to revive ‘Schedule F,’ a policy he pursued during his first term to strip protections from federal workers to make it easier to carry out politically motivated firings. The Biden Administration reversed the Exec...

Disturbing Whistleblower Information Obtained by Committee Democrats Leads Ranking Member Connolly to Demand Investigation into DOGE’s Disruption of Social Security Operations, Collection of Americans’ Sensitive Data

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After obtaining multiple credible and disturbing whistleblower reports that DOGE is knowingly jeopardizing Social Security Administration (SSA) operations, putting Americans’ Social Security benefits at risk of delay, and compiling a “master database” of Americans’ most sensitive data that risks exposure and exfiltration, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Go...

Ranking Member Connolly Urges Trump Administration to Lift Costly, Illegal Pause on Issuing SSA Documentation to Legal Immigrants

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Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Social Security Administration (SSA) Acting Commissioner Leland Dudek urging SSA to reverse its pause on significant portions of the Enumeration-Beyond-Entry (EBE) program because the pause increases costs and decreases efficiency and potentially violates multiple federal laws. The EBE pro...

Ranking Members Connolly, Morelle, Raskin Call on DOJ to Fulfill Duty to Defend Legislative Branch Authority

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Today, Reps. Gerald E. Connolly, Joe Morelle, and Jamie Raskin, the top Democrats on the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, and Judiciary, respectively, sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting confirmation that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will zealously represent the Government Accountability Office (GAO)—a Legislative Branch agency—in a lawsuit...

Ranking Member Connolly’s Statement on President Trump’s Rushed Overhaul of Federal Acquisition Regulations

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued this statement following President Trump’s Executive Order instructing the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to rewrite the Federal Acquisitions Regulations: “If the Trump Administration is serious about reforming the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) to increase both competition and e...

Ranking Members Connolly and Neal Demand Social Security Abandon Administration’s Plans to Make it More Difficult for Americans to Get Their Earned Benefits

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Richard E. Neal, Ranking Member of the Committee on Ways and Means, sent a letter to U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) Acting Commissioner Leland Dudek demanding SSA immediately abandon plans to make it more difficult for Social Security beneficiaries and applicants to access their ...

Bombshell Reporting & Whistleblower Disclosure Lead Ranking Member Connolly to Demand Investigations into Musk Conflicts of Interest, DOGE Disruptions at NLRB and DOL

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Luiz A. Santos, Acting Inspector General at the Department of Labor (DOL), and Ruth Blevins, Inspector General at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), demanding they immediately investigate the work Elon Musk’s DOGE team may have performed at their organizations, including any...

Ranking Member Connolly, Vice Ranking Member Crockett, and Subcommittee Ranking Member Stansbury Raise Concerns About GSA’s “Fire Sale” of Federal Property

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Vice Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Melanie Stansbury, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, sent a letter to Stephen Ehikian, Acting Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), ...

Connolly, Turner Introduce Resolution to Commemorate Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month

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Today, Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA) and Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH) introduced a resolution to designate and commemorate April as Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month. The resolution is cosponsored in the House by Representatives Don Beyer, Suhas Subramanyam, and Bobby Scott. “Esophageal Cancer is quickly on the rise, touching the lives of tens of thousands of Americans – including mine,”...

Rep. Emily Randall and Ranking Member Connolly Spearhead Oversight Investigation Into Elon Musk’s Conflicts of Interest at the Department of Transportation

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Today, Rep. Emily Randall, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Judith S. Kaleta, Deputy General Counsel and Designated Agency Ethics Official at the Department of Transportation (DOT), requesting documents, information, and answers as to how DOT is ensuring Elon Musk is not exploiting the agency to enrich himself in viol...

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