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Connolly Statement on Biden Administration’s Rule to Protect Civil Service from Politicization

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, and the author of the Saving the Civil Service Act, released the following statement after the Biden Administration released its final rule on protecting career civil servants from politicization: “I applaud President Biden and his…

Connolly Joins Kaine, Wexton in Calling for Release of Vladimir Kara-Murza, Virginia Man Wrongfully Detained by Russian Authorities

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Today, U.S. Representative Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11) joined U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and U.S. Representative Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10), along with U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA), U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA-8), and U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-7), in writing to Secretary of State Antony Blinken to strongly urge the immediate designation of Vladimir…

Connolly Statement on Deaths of World Central Kitchen Workers in Gaza

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President Emeritus of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, released the following statement: "The death of seven World Central Kitchen volunteers bringing food to desperately hungry Palestinians is an abhorrent act of indiscriminate bombing by Israeli Defense Forces. It is indefensible and a…

Connolly Statement on USPS OIG Audit of Richmond Regional Processing and Distribution Center

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, released the following statement after the U.S. Postal Service's Office of Inspector General published its audit report on the Regional Processing and Distribution Center in Richmond: “This USPS OIG report has revealed Postmaster DeJoy’s…

Connolly Statement on Biden Administration’s AI Memo

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, released the following statement after the Office of Management and Budget issued its first government-wide policy on addressing and adopting AI: “The Biden Administration’s AI Memo is a crucial step forward in the federal government’s…

Connolly, Wilson Lead Bipartisan Letter to Secretary Blinken and Secretary Austin Reaffirming the U.S.-Republic of Korea Alliance Ahead of Third Summit for Democracy

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Congressmen Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Gerry Connolly (D-VA), together with fellow Korea Caucus Co-Chairs Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Ami Bera (D-CA), sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reaffirming the U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) alliance ahead of the Third Summit for Democracy. The thirteen signatories commend and applaud the ROK for…

Connolly Statement in Opposition to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, released the following statement in opposition to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, legislation to force ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban in American app stores. Connolly was unable to attend the…

Oversight Committee Unanimously Approves Connolly’s Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act

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By a vote of 40-0, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability approved the Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) to require the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to collect, track, and publicly report information related to deaths and injuries resulting from traffic crashes involving vehicles transporting mail. The…

Connolly, Keating, Turner, Panetta, Wilson, Kean Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Reaffirming U.S. Commitment to NATO

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President Emeritus of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Ranking Member Bill Keating (D-MA) and Chairman Tom Kean (R-NJ) of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) of the US Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) introduced a bipartisan…

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