Jory Heckman
The General Services Administration’s inspector general will investigate the Trump administration’s sudden reversal on plans for a new FBI headquarters building.
“My office will review GSA’s decision-making process for the revised FBI Headquarters Consolidation project,” GSA Inspector General Carol Ochoa wrote in a… Read more »
Erica King
“Hey, hey, ho, ho, the NRA has got to go,” several thousand students chanted loudly in front of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday demanding Congress pass gun control legislation.
Students from the Washington, D.C., area joined in the #ENOUGH! National School Walkout - a movement ignited after 17 students were murdered in… Read more »
Today, Rep. Elijah. E. Cummings and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Ranking Member and Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter requesting that Chairman Trey Gowdy place 13 motions for subpoenas on the agenda for the Committee’s upcoming business meeting on Thursday, March 15, 2018.
For each request, Cummings, Connolly, and other… Read more »
Today, 140 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives called on President Trump to follow the letter and spirit of the law by imposing sanctions against those behind Russia’s attacks on American democracy. In a letter led by Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot L. Engel, the lawmakers underscored that President Trump has failed to punish those responsible for… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement on the Trump Administration's regulatory rollback:
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
10:00 AM, Wednesday, March 13, 2018
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Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA)
Thank you, Mr. Chairman for holding this hearing on… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly joined Ranking Member Eliot L. Engel, and other Democratic members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in calling on Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson to confront the threat of Russian election interference and stop allowing Russian propaganda to go unanswered. In a letter to the Secretary, the lawmakers blasted the Department’s refusal to use… Read more »
Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, today requested that Chairman Trey Gowdy call an emergency hearing on White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner’s trip to Mexico.
“I write to express my grave concerns regarding Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to the President of the United States, and request that you convene… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the following statement on the Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General's report on the D.C. VA Medical Center :
“I am outraged by the critical deficiencies at the D.C. VA Medical Center. The Inspector General’s final report highlights that leadership failures… Read more »
Yesterday, Representatives Congressman Mike Conaway (TX-11) and Gerry Connolly (VA- 11) introduced H.Res. 763, a resolution calling on North Korea to dismantle its labor camp system.
“Congress must come together with one voice to condemn North Korea’s abhorrent labor camps,” said Congressman Gerry Connolly. “Our resolution sends a clear message to Pyongyang that we will not turn a blind… Read more »
The Retreat on the FBI Building Is A Farce Within A Farce
By Gerry Connolly
The Federal Bureau of Investigation needs a new headquarters. Virginia, Maryland, federal and local stakeholders agree the J. Edgar Hoover Building is crumbling and outdated and cannot meet the agency’s growing challenges. Unfortunately, and with many… Read more »