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The White House had a deadline to provide information to the House Oversight Committee about its handling of security clearances. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Democratic Rep. Gerald Connolly. https://www.npr.org/2018/03/01/589802258/rep-gerald-connolly-on-white-house-security-clearances Read more »

Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter asking Chairman Gowdy to issue a subpoena to compel the Department of Justice to produce documents it is withholding from Congress regarding reports of interference by the… Read more »

Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Government Operations subcommittee, requested the General Services Administration (GSA) Inspector General Carol Ochoa investigate the agency’s abrupt decision to abandon longstanding plans to move the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) into a new consolidated headquarters. “I am… Read more »

James R. Hood For years, Fairfax and other local jurisdictions have been jockeying for position as the federal government picks a new headquarters location for the FBI, which just about everyone agrees has outgrown its Pennsylvania Avenue digs in downtown D.C. Among the leading contenders was a Springfield-Franconia site in… Read more »

Jory Heckman A member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is calling on the General Services Administration’s inspector general to investigate the agency’s sudden reversal on plans for the FBI headquarters building. In a letter Wednesday, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) asked GSA’s inspector general to look into… Read more »

Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) introduced H. Res. 749. The resolution calls on the Trump administration to impose mandatory sanctions on Russia under Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). Congress passed CAATSA last August in response to Russia’s continued aggression in Ukraine, illegal occupation of Crimea, and assault on democratic institutions… Read more »

Andrew Desiderio Adm. Mike Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, told a Senate panel Tuesday that the Trump administration is not doing enough to counter Russia’s attempts to meddle in future U.S. elections through the use of cyberattacks. “Clearly, what we’ve done hasn’t been enough,”… Read more »

Andrew Desiderio House and Senate Democrats are teaming up in an attempt to increase pressure on the Trump administration in the coming days over its controversial decision to not immediately implement sanctions against Russia last month, as mandated under legislation that Congress pass overwhelmingly. This week, House… Read more »

John Bowden Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly (Va.) joined dozens of protesters outside the National Rifle Association's (NRA) headquarters in Virginia on Friday demanding action on gun control after a shooting at a Florida high school left 17 people dead. Connolly spoke to the assembled protesters in Fairfax, Va., where he… Read more »

Clarence Williams Gillian Beard shivered and cried outside of the National Rifle Association headquarters Friday night as she stood among strangers and mourned the killing of her best friend, one of the 17 victims gunned down this week at a Parkland, Fla. high school. The Coral Gables resident had long planned this trip to the… Read more »