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
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Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA)
Thank you, Mr. Chairman for holding this hearing on… Read more »
The White House had a deadline to provide information to the House Oversight Committee about its handling of security clearances. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Democratic Rep. Gerald Connolly.
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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… 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… Read more »
Jory Heckman
A member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is calling on the General Services Administration’s inspector general to investigate the agency’s sudden reversal on plans for the FBI headquarters building.
In a letter Wednesday, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) asked GSA’s inspector general to look into… Read more »
Mark Rockwell
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle lit into new General Services Administration head Emily Murphy for abandoning a plan to consolidate FBI headquarters in a new campus.
For the bulk of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's Feb. 15 Government Operations Subcommittee hearing, Murphy faced a… Read more »
Jason Miller
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members are frustrated and disappointed with the General Services Administration’s explanation about why it decided to reverse six years of effort and build the FBI’s new headquarters on its existing site.
Reps. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and… Read more »
Daniel J. Sernovitz
House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pushed back Thursday morning against the federal government's surprise recommendation to abandon a yearslong effort to shift the FBI's headquarters from downtown D.C. in favor of building a new home for the agency on the site of its current one.
In a sometimes heated subcommittee hearing, Reps. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., and… Read more »
Tom Fitzgerald
Some of the largest federal worker unions say they will fight President Donald Trump's efforts to reform the federal workforce. During a massive rally on Capitol Hill Wednesday, government workers demanded a raise and said Trump’s budget proposal demonizes them.
This is partially about pay and partially about… Read more »
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Congressman Gerry Connolly, D-Va., about his committee's investigation into Rob Porter, the former White House staff secretary who resigned over accusations of domestic violence.
https://www.npr.org/2018/02/14/585841133/democratic-rep-gerry-connolly-weighs-in-on-investigation-into-rob-porter Read more »
