Today, during a business meeting of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Republicans blocked all consideration of Democratic requests to allow Members to offer, debate, and vote on 13 motions to subpoena critical documents and testimony within the Committee’s core oversight jurisdiction. Under Chairman Gowdy’s tenure, the Committee has not issued a single subpoena since Donald T... Read more »
Jack Pointer The General Services Administration’s inspector general will review the agency’s decision to scrap a longtime plan to relocate the FBI’s headquarters to the D.C. suburbs. Rep. Gerald E. Connolly — one of several legislators who strongly criticized the move — announced the decision Wednesday. “I am pleased Inspector General Ochoa has launched a review of the GSA’s FBI headquarters dec... Read more »
Jory Heckman The General Services Administration’s inspector general will investigate the Trump administration’s sudden reversal on plans for a new FBI headquarters building. “My office will review GSA’s decision-making process for the revised FBI Headquarters Consolidation project,” GSA Inspector General Carol Ochoa wrote in a letter to Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) on Wednesday. “The scope of our... Read more »
Today, 140 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives called on President Trump to follow the letter and spirit of the law by imposing sanctions against those behind Russia’s attacks on American democracy. In a letter led by Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot L. Engel, the lawmakers underscored that President Trump has failed to punish those responsible for meddling in the... Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement on the Trump Administration's regulatory rollback: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 10:00 AM, Wednesday, March 13, 2018 Rayburn 2154 Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA) Thank you, Mr. Chairman for holding this hearing on federal agency rule... Read more »
Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter asking Chairman Gowdy to issue a subpoena to compel the Department of Justice to produce documents it is withholding from Congress regarding reports of interference by the White Hous... Read more »
James R. Hood For years, Fairfax and other local jurisdictions have been jockeying for position as the federal government picks a new headquarters location for the FBI, which just about everyone agrees has outgrown its Pennsylvania Avenue digs in downtown D.C. Among the leading contenders was a Springfield-Franconia site in Northern Virginia, situated near a Metro station and major freeway interc... Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) introduced H. Res. 749. The resolution calls on the Trump administration to impose mandatory sanctions on Russia under Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). Congress passed CAATSA last August in response to Russia’s continued aggression in Ukraine, illegal occupation of Crimea, and assault on democratic institutions around the wor... Read more »
Andrew Desiderio Adm. Mike Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, told a Senate panel Tuesday that the Trump administration is not doing enough to counter Russia’s attempts to meddle in future U.S. elections through the use of cyberattacks. “Clearly, what we’ve done hasn’t been enough,” Rogers bluntly declared during a Senate armed services committee hearing.... Read more »
Andrew Desiderio House and Senate Democrats are teaming up in an attempt to increase pressure on the Trump administration in the coming days over its controversial decision to not immediately implement sanctions against Russia last month, as mandated under legislation that Congress pass overwhelmingly. This week, House Democrats are filing a resolution aimed at compelling the administration to im... Read more »
