Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member and Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to the White House Counsel requesting information about disturbing reports that officials from the Trump Transition Team threatened to remove Inspectors General after the inauguration.
“If these reports are accurate,… Read more »
By Nicole Ogrysko
A month into 2017 and some lawmakers are thinking about next year’s pay raise for federal employees.
The Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, which Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) reintroduced Tuesday, would give federal employees a 3.2 percent pay raise in 2018 — a 2… Read more »
"For too long Republicans have bullied our federal workforce, falsely painting the civil servant as the scapegoat for all our country's problems." - Rep. Connolly Read more »
Hiring freeze: A mindless way to manage
By Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.)
Contrary to "alternative facts" being spread throughout Congress, our federal workforce accomplishes heroic feats on a daily basis.
For example, thanks to Dr. Burke Healey and his colleagues at the Department of Agriculture, last year our country avoided a… Read more »
On Monday evening, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) was unanimously elected Vice-Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Connolly was also named Ranking Member of the Government Operations Subcommittee, a position he held in the previous Congress.
“As the House’s primary investigative committee, the Oversight and Government Reform Committee has a… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement on President Donald J. Trump’s federal hiring freeze:
“An across-the-board federal hiring freeze is a mindless way to manage. It fails to differentiate critical from non-critical issues. It fails to take into account the need to actually beef up certain capabilities in the federal government, like cybersecurity. This… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump’s Inaugural address:
“A troubling inaugural address. President Trump offered a dark, dystopian, and defiant inaugural speech that begins a new presidency without aspiration or reconciliation. It failed to unify or reach out to the entire nation, and insists on Trump's view of patriotism and… Read more »
The Chairman needs to stop using attacks and erroneous threats against civil servants as a means to distract from the President-elect's obvious conflicts of interest. Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) issued the following statement on his decision not to attend the Inauguration:
"After long reflection I have decided that I cannot attend the inauguration of Donald J Trump on Friday. His behavior and harmful words during and after the campaign have left the country I love with open, bleeding wounds. Instead of binding those wounds, he has poured salt on… Read more »
By Joe Davidson
President Obama entered office eight years ago optimistic that he could “make government cool again.”
Now he’s preparing to leave the White House to Donald Trump and his cynical “drain-the-swamp” approach to governing.
As his administration develops, we’ll continue to examine Trump’s plan to freeze federal hiring and efforts… Read more »
