Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to President Trump requesting substantive documentation regarding Elon Musk’s formal role within the Trump Administration following the President’s direct contradiction of a sworn statement by a White House official that Mr. Musk is not a part of the U.S. DOGE… Read more »
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a statement in response to reporting that President Trump is planning to dissolve the leadership of the United States Postal Service and destroy the integrity and independence of Americans’ 250-year-old delivery service:
“The Postal Service is a nonpartisan,… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, joined Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and House Democrats in announcing a new effort to hear directly from Americans harmed by the Trump Administration.
“If you have lost your job, been denied important services, or face other impacts because of Donald Trump and… Read more »
Congressman Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement following reports that the Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General is launching an audit of the federal government’s payment system after Elon Musk’s DOGE team accessed the system.
“Oversight Democrats were one of the first to throw the flag on… Read more »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement in response to reports of a Trump-Musk order to fire hundreds of thousands of public servants:
“When you see government as your opportunity to turn a profit, you will never serve the public good. This mindless approach to slashing the federal workforce… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (VA-11), former President of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Parliamentary Assembly), Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), former House Majority Leader, Congressmen Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and William Keating (MA-09), Ranking Member of the Europe Subcommittee, and , issued the following… Read more »
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Workforce, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary, demanded President Trump reverse his unlawful firing of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member Gwynne Wilcox and that… Read more »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement in response to President Trump’s executive order calling for the widespread, indiscriminate, and likely illegal mass firing of government workers as Trump and Elon Musk continue to raid taxpayer-funded government programs and services:
“This is a… Read more »
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, joined U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-MD), and U.S. Reps. Don Beyer, Suhas Subramanyam (both D-VA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today in requesting answers and commitments… Read more »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs, wrote a letter to Marco Rubio, Acting Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), requesting documents and information on the Trump-Musk effort to freeze foreign… Read more »
