Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) voted against H.R. 50, legislation that would impose numerous new requirements that will slow down the regulatory process and give regulated industry an unfair advantage over public health organizations, doctors, scientists, and ordinary Am... Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the following statement in advance of today’s hearing with FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok: “Today’s hearing is the second hearing the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and the Judiciary have held regarding the actions of the Federal Bureau of Investi... Read more »
By Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) The president is once again rooting for a “good government shutdown.” This is a reckless and irresponsible threat. We have a fundamental obligation to keep government open, and I think members of both parties can agree that there are no winners in a government shutdown. Budget brinksmanship has many victims, notably among which are the grieving families of fal... Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the following statement on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s resignation: “Scott Pruitt's reign of venality is finally over. He made swamp creatures blush with his shameless excesses. All tolerated because President Trump liked his zealotry. Shame.” In April, Connolly penned an Op... Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement regarding the inclusion of his bipartisan bill, the Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act, in the 2019 Department of Defense Appropriations Act. The Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act, originally introduced by Connolly and Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL), ensures the immediate payment of military death benefits to surv... Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a letter to Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Jeff Pon requesting information on actions taken in response to the 2015 OPM data breach. “The Department of Justice has declined to disclose publicly how the defendants in that case obtained the personally identifiable... Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions requesting a meeting on the recently reported Department of Justice criminal case involving data obtained in the 2015 OPM data breach. According to the Washington Post, two people have pleaded guilty to using the personal information ... Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the following statement on President Trump’s reorganization plan for the federal government: “The Trump reorganization plan for the federal government is a wish list for anti-government ideologues not based in fact or study. Like every other plan rolled out by this Administration... Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the following statement in advance of this morning’s joint hearing with the House Committee on the Judiciary on the Department of Justice Inspector General’s report on FBI activities prior to the 2016 election: “On June 14, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector ... Read more »
Following yesterday’s press reports that Speaker Paul Ryan hasn’t “paid that close attention” to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Pruitt’s unethical conduct, Representatives Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA) and Mike Quigley (D-IL) sent a letter to the Speaker detailing the many abuses and allegations against Mr. Pruitt. “We are deeply concerned by your comments yesterday when asked about you... Read more »
