In the News

A limited investigation into last week's derailment of a Silver Line Metro train has found that Metro officials may have known about problems with track in that area since 2009, according to findings released by the National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday. Read more. Read more »

The NTSB released a short report Wednesday chock full of damning details about shoddy track and shirked inspections at Metro. Read more. Read more »

Congressman Gerry Connolly released the following statement on today's NTSB findings regarding the July 29th Metro train derailment. Read more. Read more »

Following last week's disclosure that rates for the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program were rising an average of 83 percent this year, Virginia congressmen Gerry Connolly and Don Beyer have some questions for the Office of Personnel Management. Read more. Read more »

Representatives Donald S. Beyer Jr. and Gerald E. Connolly today sent a letter to the Office of Personnel Management demanding additional details about the sudden and significant jump in premiums under the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program. Read more. Read more »

The National Capital Region Delegation released the following statement today after hosting a meeting on Capitol Hill with D.C. Councilmember & Metro Board Chair Jack Evans. Read more. Read more »

Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform overwhelmingly passed two bipartisan bills to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service. Read more. Read more »

Representatives Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Gerry Connolly (D-VA) have introduced legislation that would add transportation options for federal workers during Metro's SafeTrack construction and maintenance program. Specifically, the bill would allow federal employees who receive transit benefits to apply those benefits to ride sharing services such as Uber, Lyft, and others. Read more. Read more »

Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) introduced H. Res. 808, a bipartisan resolution calling on Iran to unconditionally release Iranian-Americans Siamak Namazi and his father Baquer Namazi. Read more. Read more »

On Tuesday evening the House of Representatives unanimously passed the bipartisan Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act, sponsored by Representatives Judge Ted Poe (R-TX) and Gerry Connolly (D-VA). Read more. Read more »