Today, all members of the bipartisan Virginia congressional delegation called for Virginia education officials to encourage flexibility in financial aid deadlines due to the removal of an online tool commonly used to upload income information from tax returns. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) is an important resource that allows students and families to… Read more »
Jason Squitieri
A member of the House Oversight Committee expressed his outrage Tuesday night after the leaders of his committee revealed that President Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn failed to properly disclose payments from Russia and Turkey, saying there is no doubt Flynn broke the law and that he could be looking at years behind bars.
Asked about Flynn… Read more »
by Dave Emke — April 24, 2017
As the federal government inches closer to a possible shutdown at the end of the week, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) says the local economy would be severely affected if no agreement is found.
“As we witnessed during the 2013 Republican government shutdown, Northern Virginia’s economy would be significantly affected. That 16-day shutdown cost nearly $24… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), co-chair of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, released the following statement on Earth Day:
"As we celebrate Earth Day our country stands at a critical crossroads. Will we continue to lead on global climate change and move towards the 21st-century clean energy economy or will we retreat?
We have come a long way since the… Read more »
Lori Aratani
Wheelchair attendants, baggage handlers and food workers at Reagan National and Dulles International airports will get a boost in pay starting next year – the result of a two-year campaign for higher wages.
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority’s board of directors voted 15 to 1 to approve the plan, which will require companies that do business at the airports… Read more »
Billy House and Anna Edgerton
There may be only one way for Speaker Paul Ryan to avoid a government shutdown: Ask his Democratic counterpart, Nancy Pelosi, for help.
The problem is, the two don’t have much history of deal-making together. They don’t even know each other that well.
But after spending weeks trying -- so far unsuccessfully -- to ram through legislation to undo… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement on General Manager Paul Wiedefeld's proposed Metro reforms:
"This is a strong business plan proposed by Metro General Manager Wiedefeld that will require big sacrifices by jurisdictions and labor. A tough sell but some necessary medicine. Metro still needs more federal financial support." Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement on the passing of former Virginia Delegate Jim Scott:
"Virginia has lost a quiet, gentle but forceful advocate for all who feel powerless. Jim Scott was a voice for civil rights, women's rights and LGBT rights because he believed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States meant what they… Read more »
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement in response to the administration’s announcement that it has lifted the federal hiring freeze.
“I welcome the announcement that the administration is lifting a federal hiring freeze that accomplished nothing. Since its inception, I have insisted that an across-the-board hiring freeze is a mindless way to manage. Unfortunately,… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly released the following statement after today's acts of vandalism at the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia and Little River United Church of Christ:
"I am shocked and saddened by the anti-Semitic vandalism committed against the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia and the vicious graffiti used to deface Little River United Church of Christ.… Read more »
