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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 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...

Rep. Stephen Lynch and Ranking Member Connolly Lead Oversight Investigation Into Elon Musk’s Conflicts of Interest at DoD, Citing Whopping $9.5 Billion in Defense Contracts

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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 ...

Oversight Democrats Urge HHS Secretary RFK Jr. to Halt Purge of FDA Staff, Warn of Increased Outbreaks of Contaminated Food

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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...

Vice Ranking Member Crockett and Ranking Member Connolly Launch Investigation Into Elon Musk’s Obvious Conflicts of Interest at Department of Commerce

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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...

Ranking Members Brown and Connolly Launch Investigation Into White House’s Use of Elon Musk’s Starlink

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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 ...

Ranking Members Frost and Connolly Launch Investigation Into Elon Musk’s Rampant Conflicts of Interest at NASA

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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...

Connolly Statement on NATO's 76th Anniversary

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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...

Ranking Members Krishnamoorthi and Connolly Request Plan on How Dept. of Education Will Continue to Serve Families Across America

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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 ...

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