America's Postal Service is made up of real heroes. This is no time to let it die
By Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA)
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations
The United States Postal Service is in crisis, and one person is standing in the way of its salvation: President Donald J. Trump.
President Trump, who seems to be driven by his animus for Amazon founder Jeff… Read more »
Today, Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Gerald E. Connolly and Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney requested transcribed interviews with General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Emily Murphy, GSA General Counsel Jack St. John, Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Michael Rigas, Office of Management and Budget… Read more »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, held a hearing examining how the government can protect federal employees while continuing operations and providing vital resources to the public.
Members and witnesses agreed that the Administration’s guidance for reopening government workplaces is unclear, incomplete, and poses risks to the… Read more »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent letters to 24 federal offices of Inspectors General (IGs) requesting their plans to oversee agency plans to return employees to federal office buildings.
“Given the many shortcomings identified in the Administration’s reopening guidelines, as well as the Administration’s unwillingness to… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Government Operations subcommittee, released the following statement in advance of today’s House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing, “No Worker Left Behind: Supporting Essential Workers.”
“No Worker Left Behind: Supporting Essential Workers”
Committee on Oversight and Reform
12:00 PM, Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Rep. Gerald… Read more »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, the Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, issued the following statement after Acting Inspector General Elliott told the Committees in a letter that he would not resign… Read more »
Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Gerry Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Committee Member John P. Sarbanes introduced the Periodically Listing Updates to Management Act of 2020 (The PLUM Act) to increase the transparency of the most senior leaders of the Executive Branch by modernizing the… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Government Operations subcommittee, sent a letter to the State Department requesting a plan to reduce the current backlog processing passports.
“I write to express deep concern that the Department of State has essentially halted all routine passport processing and that plans to address the growing backlog of passport… Read more »
Today, the Virginia Congressional delegation sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross urging the Trump administration to give Virginia priority on releasing redistricting data. The letter was signed by Reps. Connolly, Scott, Wittman, Griffith, Beyer, McEachin, Riggleman, Wexton, Cline, Luria, and Spanberger.
“We request that the Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau work… Read more »
Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Harley Rouda, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, issued the following statement in response to a report by the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior which found that… Read more »
