Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement:
"For a government that spends more than $100 billion a year on information technology (IT), 80 percent of which is on operations and maintenance of existing IT, including legacy systems, it is inconceivable that we would move to strip the very program that meaningfully modernizes federal IT. The Technology… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Gerry Connolly, Jennifer Wexton, and Don Beyer (all D-VA) issued the following statement on extreme Republicans on the Appropriations Committee voting to advance legislation that strips funding for a new FBI headquarters building, a top priority for the Bureau to maintain efficient operations and readiness.
“The Virginia delegation has repeatedly opposed and… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, released the following statement on the Biden-Harris Administration’s newly released National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan:
“Through the release of the ONCD’s latest National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan (NCSIP),… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, and Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce, issued the following statement calling on Chairman James Comer (R-KY) to share information on the extent to which… Read more »
U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Josh Hawley (R-MO), along with U.S. Representatives James Comer (R-KY) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the President Emeritus of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement:
“President Biden has shown great leadership in his response to the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine. He warned of Russian intentions prior to the invasion, he rallied allies after it, and he… Read more »
Today, Reps. Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Don Beyer (VA-08), Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), and Jennifer Wexton (VA-10) submitted an amicus brief in support of the Southern Environmental Law Center and The Wilderness Society’s lawsuit to prevent the automatic approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
The Wilderness Society v. United States Forest Services, et… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement:
“The right-wing extremists on this Supreme Court are too busy accepting gifts and trips from their billionaire friends to lift a finger for the generation of Americans saddled with crippling student loan debt. This group of far-right ideologues and culture warriors, by laying bare its disdain for regular, hardworking… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decisions in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina:
“Today, the Supreme Court ruled that affirmative action violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, effectively denying untold numbers of students the… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined community leaders to celebrate the Virginia Climate Center at George Mason University. Connolly secured nearly $2,000,000 in federal funding for the Center, which started operations in January of this year.
The event featured opening remarks from Dr. Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm, the Dean of the College of Science at George Mason… Read more »
