Rebecca Shabad Furor built Friday among members of Congress, family members and pundits following news that one of President Trump's communications aides, Kelly Sadler, mockingly referenced Sen. John McCain’s brain cancer diagnosis during a White House meeting Thursday. “There are no words,” tweeted Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., on Friday, reacting to a report about her comments. During a White House... Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the following remarks at today’s press conference with Democratic Leader Pelosi on the President’s decision to withdraw the United States from of the Iran nuclear agreement. Video is available here, courtesy of Blue Virginia. “I want to make two points. President Trump’s decision to abrogate and wi... Read more »
Faiz Siddiqui Metro crews copied and pasted language from prior years’ structural inspection reports for the Rhode Island Avenue station and in other instances skipped hard-to-reach areas, culminating in a steel beam and concrete chunks falling from the ceiling in 2016, the agency’s inspector general concluded in a report released Thursday. No one was injured, but the Rhode Island Avenue and Broo... Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly will host his annual Congressional Art Competition Award Ceremony on Saturday, May 12 at 3:30 PM. The event will be held at the Lorton Workhouse Arts Center in the McGuire Woods Gallery (Building 16). “I am pleased to invite all Virginia 11th district student artists, their families, and art educators to join me in celebrating this year’s Congressional Art Competition Aw... Read more »
Andrea Worker U.S. Rep. Gerald E. Connolly’s Town Hall meeting at the Providence Community Center on Tuesday evening, May 1, represented a departure from most politically initiated public forums. To begin with, the format wasn’t the traditional politician updating his constituents, responding to their questions and feedback, then making the rounds and shaking hands. Instead, the congressman share... Read more »
Congressman Gerald E. Connolly, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran deal: “With today’s unilateral retreat, the President is now responsible for the fallout of the Iran deal. All of our allies, including President Macron and Chancellor Merkel, pointed out that the agreement is working and w... Read more »
Steve Burns The announcement of a new Metro shutdown, planned for 98 days over the summer of 2019, is bringing at least one ardent Metro supporter to his wits’ end. “We were kind of promised that the SafeTrack shutdowns would be a one-time thing,” Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly told WMAL. “I think it’s very difficult, with a straight face, to make the case to the public that we’re ‘Back to Good’ wh... Read more »
Rachel Oswald President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he would reimpose sanctions on Iran, dealing a likely fatal blow to the 2015 multinational nuclear deal and upsetting European countries, Democrats and even some Republicans. But though Trump’s action is aimed at punishing Iran, it is anger from U.S. allies, especially France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, that could most affect the United... Read more »
Representatives Rob Wittman (VA-01) and Gerald Connolly (VA-11) introduced a bipartisan resolution designating May 6-12, 2018 as Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW). H.Res.867 commends federal, state, county and local government employees, as well as members of the uniformed services, for their tireless and dedicated efforts, and details the significant contributions that public servants have m... Read more »
Faiz Siddique There will be no service on Metro’s Blue and Yellow lines south of Reagan National Airport for 98 days beginning in May 2019, as the transit agency embarks on a platform rebuilding project spanning six stations, part of an effort to refurbish 20 station platforms over three years. The work, which will at times target the Red, Blue, Yellow, Green and Orange lines, will focus on rebui... Read more »
