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Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement after the jury announced guilty verdicts against Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd: "The entire country bore witness to the murder of George Floyd. The jury believed their own eyes and rendered a just verdict. But while justice prevailed this time, far too many Black lives have been cut short with no such accounta... Read More »

Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (VA-11) joined Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) in announcing the introduction of the Green New Deal for Cities Act of 2021, legislation that would federally fund city, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments to respond to the climate crisis, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs in the process. “From se... Read More »

Today, Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Gerald E. Connolly, Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Committee Vice Chair Jimmy Gomez, National Security Subcommittee Chairman Stephen F. Lynch, Committee Member Rep. Katie Porter, and Rep. Ted Lieu introduced the IG Independence and Empowerment Act to increase the independence of inspec... Read More »

Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and John Curtis (R-UT) introduced the bipartisan Taiwan Solidarity with the Co-Chairs of the Taiwan Caucus, and the Chair and Ranking Member of the Asia Subcommittee: Albio Sires (D-NJ), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Ami Bera (D-CA), and Steve Chabot (R-OH). “For too long, Beijing has distorted policies and procedu... Read More »

Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, held the Subcommittee’s biannual hearing to assess implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA), Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) act, and the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA). At the start of the hearing, Chairman Connolly and Ranking ... Read More »

Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security; Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations; and Committee Member Rep. Katie Porter sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III urging the Department of Defense (DOD) to build upon his previous commitments to transparency and expand public and Congressional access to in... Read More »

This week, Co-Chair Rep. Gerry Connolly joined Vice-Chair Rep. A. Donald McEachin and fellow leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui and Paul Tonko, and SEEC Vice-Chairs Reps. Chellie Pingree, Alan Lowenthal, Mike Quigley, and Matt Cartwright submitted testimony to the Ways and Means Committee for its Member Day hearing. The ... Read More »

Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Jody B. Hice, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to President Joseph R. Biden requesting that he prioritize nominations to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). “We write to urge you to nominate qualified board members to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), w... Read More »

Today, Representatives Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Don Beyer (D-VA) introduced legislation to designate the “September 11th National Memorial Trail.” The Secretary of Interior would be authorized to designate a tour route to link the National September 11th Memorial and Museum in New York City, the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, and the Flight 93 National Me... Read More »

Yesterday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed the Global Health Security Act, bipartisan legislation offered by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and Congressman Steve Chabot (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation. The legislation, which previously passed the House in September 2020,... Read More »

Today, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined 30 Members of Congress, led by U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Don Beyer (D-VA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), and Barbara Lee (D-CA), in urging President Joe Biden to rectify instances in which several White House staffers were reportedly suspended, put on probation, or asked to resign after honestly disclosing past cannabis use. In addre... Read More »

Today, the House Foreign Affairs advanced the Protection of Saudi Dissidents Act, legislation authored by Congressman Gerald E. Connolly, president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Connolly’s bill would hold Saudi Arabia accountable for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and Connolly’s constituent, and impose a cost to Saudi Arabia for continuing to engage in such acts o... Read More »

Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, announced the selection of Rep. Katie Porter as the Subcommittee’s Vice Chair. “No one does more homework or comes more prepared for a hearing than Representative Porter,” Chairman Connolly said. “Her leadership, talent, and signature whiteboard will be invaluable as we work to save the United States Postal ... Read More »

Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations; Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform; Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security; and Committee Member Rep. Brenda Lawrence, issued the following statements in response to the announcement by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy of his 1... Read More »

Today, as part of Sunshine Week, Subcommittee on Government Operations Chairman Gerald E. Connolly, Rep. Jimmy Gomez, the Vice Chair of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney introduced the IG Subpoena Authority Act to grant testimonial subpoena authority to federal Inspectors General. "Last month the Department of Justice Inspector General testified bef... Read More »