Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the Saving the Civil Service Act to protect the federal workforce from politicization and political manipulation. The bipartisan legislation includes and builds on Connolly and Fitzpatrick’s Preventing a Patronage System Act, which passed the House in September 2022. The legislation is cosponsored by… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, 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… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) reintroduced legislation to rename the FBI Headquarters and remove any reference to J. Edgar Hoover. Connolly previously introduced the legislation in the 116th and 117th Congresses.
“It’s long past time to rename the FBI Headquarters,” said Connolly. “J. Edgar Hoover was a racist, a bigot, and a homophobe. He abused his power and trampled the… 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 today’s Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on legacy IT systems and cloud computing and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Connolly requested the report as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government… Read more »
Today, Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Co-Chairs of the House Caucus on U.S.-Türkiye Relations, released the following statement regarding the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria:
"On behalf of the Caucus on U.S.-Türkiye Relations and Turkish Americans, we extend our heartfelt condolences in the wake of yesterday’s… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement following his selection by Leader Hakeem Jeffries to serve on the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
"I am honored to be named by Leader Jeffries to the so-called Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. This committee, deceptively named by… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) reintroduced the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, a bill that would provide federal employees with an 8.7 percent pay increase in calendar year 2024. Connolly and Schatz previously introduced similar legislation in the 115th, 116th, and 117th Congresses.
For more than a decade, federal employees have… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President Emeritus of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC), both senior members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, introduced the Defending Ukrainian Territorial Integrity Act. This bipartisan legislation would codify the United States’ support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President Emeritus of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC), also a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, reintroduced the Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act. This bipartisan legislation would prohibit any federal agency from… Read more »
U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined Representatives Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) to introduce the Democracy For All Amendment at the start of the 118th Congress, which would overturn legal precedents that have allowed unrestrained campaign spending and dark money to corrupt American… Read more »
