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,”... Read More »
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... Read More »
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Acting General Counsel Charles L. Young III requesting documents, information, and answers as to how DOD is ensuring Elon Musk is not using his position as a Special Government Employee (SGE) to enrich himself or his companies in ... Read More »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Military and Foreign Affairs, sent a letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service... Read More »
Today, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Vice Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Acting General Counsel John K. Guenther at the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) requesting documents, information, and answers as to how Commerce is ensuring Elon Musk is not ex... Read More »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Shontel Brown, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Stephen Ehikian, Acting Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), and Joshua Fisher, White House ... Read More »
Today, Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Iris Lan, Chief Legal Officer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), requesting documents, information, and answers as to how NASA is... Read More »
Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), the former President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement to mark the 76th Anniversary of NATO: “76 years ago, the founding members of NATO came together in the wreckage of World War II to establish a transatlantic alliance committed to peace, security, and democracy. T... Read More »
Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon requesting information on how the Department plans to meet its congressionally mandated obligations despite President Trump’s Executive Order ... Read More »
The Department of Defense (DoD) Acting Inspector General Stebbins has informed the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that the DoD Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will be investigating Defense Secretary Hegseth’s use of Signal following calls from Ranking Member Gerald E. Connolly and the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. The OIG stated it is initi... Read More »
– Today, Representatives Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA) and Joe Wilson (R-SC), co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Korea and members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced the Russia-North Korea Cooperation Sanctions Act, bipartisan legislation to expand sanctions on any activity related to an agreement between North Korea and Russia to provide material support for Russia’s illegal and... Read More »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) Acting Commissioner Leland Dudek calling on him to immediately resign and to come before the Committee for a transcribed interview. Committee Democrats obtained emails exposing his decision to terminate two contracts between SSA and the stat... Read More »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to National Security Advisor Michael Waltz demanding he and his staff immediately stop their use of unauthorized and insecure messaging and email applications and platforms for government business, turn over documents, and report additional failures to follow federal laws after r... Read More »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent letters to non-principal agency officials involved in the unsecured Signal group chat in which senior Trump Administration officials discussed highly sensitive, likely classified plans for a military operation in Yemen using unapproved and unlawful communication methods, unknowingly included Th... Read More »
Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Taiwan Caucus, and the former President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and Congresswoman Young Kim (R-CA), the Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific, introduced the Taiwan International Solidarity Act, bipartisan legislation that counters Be... Read More »
