Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s Executive Orders that will politicize the civil service and help his billionaire friends at the expense of the American people:
“Donald Trump has used his first day in office to begin the purge of the nonpartisan… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Congressman Dale Strong (R-AL), Member of the House Committees on Appropriations and Homeland Security, reintroduced the CyberCorps Enhancement Act, bipartisan legislation to improve and expand the existing CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program. Connolly and… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement on the Biden administration's recently released Executive Order on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity:
"The Biden administration’s recently issued executive order (EO) is a capstone on four years of… Read more »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, along with Reps. Kweisi Mfume, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Don Bacon, reintroduced the Saving the Civil Service Act to protect the federal workforce from politicization and political manipulation. The bipartisan legislation includes and builds on Ranking Member Connolly and Rep.… Read more »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, reintroduced the Equal COLA Act. The legislation aims to bring equity to the way the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is determined under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). Ranking Member Connolly previously introduced the… Read more »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Brian Schatz reintroduced the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, a bill that would provide federal employees with a 4.3% pay increase in calendar year 2026. Ranking Member Connolly and Sen. Schatz previously introduced similar legislation in the 115th, 116th,… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement:
I enthusiastically welcome today's announcement of a long-overdue ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas. This agreement will secure the release of Israeli and American hostages who have been held in brutal captivity by Hamas for more than a year and it will halt the fighting in Gaza, allowing for… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the former President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH), the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Head of the US Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement:
“We… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the incoming Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement:
“As Oversight Committee Democrats prepare for the 119th Congress, House Republicans are already signaling their intent to continue the dysfunction, chaos, and petty partisanship that defined their tenure during the 118th Congress.… Read more »
Today, President Joe Biden signed Rep. Gerry Connolly’s (VA-11) Not Just a Number Act into law as part of the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act. The legislation requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take a more comprehensive look at the factors that best prevent veteran suicide.
“Veteran suicide is a complex problem that… Read more »
