Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, released the following statement in advance of today’s GOP contempt resolution markup:
Today’s markup is the definition of chutzpah. Three members of this panel, Jim Jordan, Scott Perry, and Andy Biggs, all defied legitimate Congressional subpoenas related to their involvement in… Read more »
Today, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA), and Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus, introduced a resolution commending Taiwan for its history of democratic elections and expressing support for Taiwan’s democratic institutions. The resolution is cosponsored in the House by Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Raja… Read more »
Today, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and President Emeritus of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement in reaction to calls by Ministers Smotrich and Ben Gvir to resettle Palestinians outside Gaza.
“As I warned in April of 2023, the actions of right-wing extremist Ministers Smotrich and Ben Gvir to bless… Read more »
Today, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and President Emeritus of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, along with Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, and Rep. Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL), led 17 Members of Congress in writing to Secretary of State Antony Blinken to express concern… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11) joined Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA-04), the top Democrat on the Judiciary Subcommittee overseeing the courts, and six House colleagues in sending a letter to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas this weekend urging him to recuse himself in the Trump immunity case.
The letter highlights his wife’s “intimate involvement in the effort to overturn… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement ahead of the House’s consideration of the Dr. Emmanuel Bilirakis and Honorable Jennifer Wexton National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act, named after his friend and colleague Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA).
“Today, I am proud to stand alongside my friend and esteemed colleague from Virginia, Jennifer Wexton, to… Read more »
Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, Governor Glenn Youngkin, and U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA-08), Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), and Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04) held an event in Arlington to announce $729,000,000 in federal funding they secured for the Transforming Rail in Virginia… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement after voting against H.Res.894:
“Republicans today shamefully attempted to exploit the pain of the Jewish community to score cheap political points. I have always emphatically and strongly supported the State of Israel and its right to exist, and I will continue to do so. I have condemned antisemitism repeatedly, as… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) called on General Services Administration (GSA) Acting Inspector General Robert Erickson to investigate potential political influence in the site selection process for the new Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters.
“GSA must be fair and transparent in its… Read more »
Today, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs passed the Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act, bipartisan legislation authored by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) to make it easier for veterans with disabilities to be made financially whole in the event they are defrauded of their benefits by allowing the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) to reimburse victims of fraud without first meeting… Read more »
