Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement:
“As many at-risk Afghans remain in Afghanistan or third countries, the United States must do all that is within its power to help those who assisted us during the 20-year engagement. For years, before the fall of Kabul, Congress had shifted resources away from processing and conducting SIV interviews to create a… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, announced that the House adopted fourteen of his Community Project Funding (CPF) requests in the first of two FY24 appropriations packages. The funding package passed the House 339-85.
“I am proud to have secured more than $12… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the President Emeritus of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, joined Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Congressman William Keating (D-MA), and 59 of their colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden, urging him to use diplomatic leverage to pursue a stop to the violence in Gaza, outline a… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC), senior members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced a resolution recognizing the importance of trilateral cooperation among the United States, Japan, and South Korea. Connolly and Wilson are joined by their fellow Korea Caucus co-chairs Reps. Ami Bera (D-CA), and Mike Kelly (R-PA), Japan Caucus… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) announced that Barb Collura, the President and CEO of RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, will be his guest at the 2024 State of the Union Address. A nationally recognized expert on infertility and the family building journey, Barb Collura has led RESOLVE since 2007.
“It is my privilege to attend the State of the Union with my… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined Reps. Annie Kuster (D-NH), Don Bacon (R-NE), and Julia Brownley (D-CA) in sending a bipartisan letter to VA Secretary Denis McDonough requesting the VA improve care for veterans who seek treatment for sexual assault and sexual abuse at VHA facilities.
The letter was written in response to a December 2023 VA OIG report that identified… Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Gerald E. Connolly, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on reports that civilians were killed while seeking humanitarian assistance in Gaza City.
“This is horrifying. The IDF’s use of live ammunition against hungry Palestinian civilians is repugnant. Half the population in Gaza is on the brink of famine.… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, released the following statement in response to the U.S. Postal Service Inspector General's report on mail contract trucking safety and compliance. Connolly is a recipient of the 2023 Truck Safety Champion Award from the Truck Safety… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) led 23 Members of Congress in writing to Secretary of State Antony Blinken to express concern for the high death toll of journalists and significant challenges to press freedom in Gaza. With more journalists killed in three months than have ever been killed in a single country over an entire year, the letter calls… Read more »
Today, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) led Members of Congress representing the National Capital Region, including Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Don Beyer (D-VA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), David Trone (D-MD), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), in… Read more »
