Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement on President Donald J. Trump’s federal hiring freeze:
“An across-the-board federal hiring freeze is a mindless way to manage. It fails to differentiate critical from non-critical issues. It fails to take into account the need to actually beef up certain capabilities in the federal government, like cybersecurity. This… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump’s Inaugural address:
“A troubling inaugural address. President Trump offered a dark, dystopian, and defiant inaugural speech that begins a new presidency without aspiration or reconciliation. It failed to unify or reach out to the entire nation, and insists on Trump's view of patriotism and… Read more »
Melanie Zanona
People traveling to Donald Trump's inauguration on the National Mall won't be using an iconic bridge that links the Arlington National Cemetery to the Lincoln monument.
The Arlington Memorial Bridge, built in 1932, is shut down to vehicular traffic from Thursday to Saturday… Read more »
The Chairman needs to stop using attacks and erroneous threats against civil servants as a means to distract from the President-elect's obvious conflicts of interest. Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) issued the following statement on his decision not to attend the Inauguration:
"After long reflection I have decided that I cannot attend the inauguration of Donald J Trump on Friday. His behavior and harmful words during and after the campaign have left the country I love with open, bleeding wounds. Instead of binding those wounds, he has poured salt on… Read more »
By Joe Davidson
President Obama entered office eight years ago optimistic that he could “make government cool again.”
Now he’s preparing to leave the White House to Donald Trump and his cynical “drain-the-swamp” approach to governing.
As his administration develops, we’ll continue to examine Trump’s plan to freeze federal hiring and efforts… Read more »
By Joe Uchill
Reps. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) and Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) introduced legislation Friday to sanction any individual who has interfered with an election since 2015.
“Every member of the House should cosponsor this bill. I hope in the days ahead, we build the sort of bipartisan support around this issue we're seeing in the Senate… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly issued the following statement in opposition to the Republican budget resolution.
I had a friend who often said, “if you are going to be a phony, at least be sincere about it.” This would be good advice for House Republicans who brought their budget resolution to the Floor today for a vote.
House Republicans complained that 79 bipartisan hearings and… Read more »
Representative Eliot L. Engel (NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Gerald E. Connolly (VA) are leading a group of more than 50 lawmakers to offer legislation that would punish illegal foreign interference in an American election. The SECURE Our Democracy Act would sanction any foreign individual or entity found to have unlawfully meddled with… Read more »
