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U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) made the following statements today in response to the release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on U.S. security assistance to Egypt entitled, "U.S. Government Should Strengthen End-Use Monitoring and Human Rights Vetting for Egypt." Read more. Read more »

Today Congressman Gerry Connolly and members of the region's Congressional delegation sent a bipartisan letter to Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) General Manager Paul Wiedefeld with a list of detailed questions regarding the recently announced SafeTrack maintenance plan to increase safety in the Metrorail system. Read more. Read more »

Congressman Gerry Connolly released the following statement on General Manager Paul Wiedefeld's Metro Maintenance Plan. Read more Read more »

Congressman Gerry Connolly released the following statement on today's National Transportation Safety Board L'Enfant Plaza incident report. Calls findings that Metro sent passenger train to investigate smoke reports "appalling." Read more. Read more »

Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) today introduced the Curb Opioid Misuse by Advancing Technology (COMBAT) Act. Read more. Read more »

Congressman Gerry Connolly released the following statement on Secretary Foxx's announcement of three new Federal representatives to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board. Read more. Read more »

The American people and our economy have come a long way from the recession President Obama inherited seven years ago. We went from hemorrhaging 700,000 jobs a month, to an unprecedented 73 consecutive months of private sector job growth. More than 14 million jobs have been created. Unemployment has been cut in half. The stock market has recovered. Read more. Read more »

Connolly said the guidance is based on OPM's "narrow reading" of the law. OPM's interpretation, Connolly said, "would actually limit the positions to which these temporary employees may apply… Of course, the congressional intent was to allow these seasonal employees to compete for vacant, permanent positions just like other federal employees." Read more. Read more »

Federal safety inspections of Metro's rail system have found that the transit agency is failing to provide basic safety protections – including working fire extinguishers and clear escape routes – to help its riders in the event of an emergency evacuation. Read more. Read more »

Congressman Connolly released the following statement on the Federal Transit Authority's Metro safety blitz findings. Read more: Read more »