Federal Employees

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 »

Congressman Gerry Connolly issued the following statement in opposition to the Republican budget resolution.  I had a friend who often said, “if you are going to be a phony, at least be sincere about it.” This would be good advice for House Republicans who brought their budget resolution to the Floor today for a vote. House Republicans complained that 79 bipartisan hearings and… Read more »

"Mr. Trump’s current plan to avoid serious conflicts leaves more questions than answers." - Congressman Connolly Read more »

"His attempt to tap dance around the Emoluments Clause is an affront to the American public," Connolly said. Read more »

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement after President-elect Trump’s press conference detailing his insufficient conflict of interest proposal: “President-elect Trump’s announced plan to avoid any potential conflicts of interests falls far short of what the American public demands. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee heard expert testimony… Read more »

Eric Katz The congressman who leads oversight of the federal workforce promised on Monday to bring sweeping reforms to federal employees’ retirement benefits, job security and even the location of their offices. Having a Republican in the White House will allow Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who chairs the House Oversight and Government… Read more »

“It’s a back-door way of furthering your desire to dismantle that part of the federal operation,” Connolly said. Read more »

Paul Blumenthal WASHINGTON ― House Republicans resurrected a decades-old provision in their new rules package that allows lawmakers to lower the salary or eliminate the job of individual federal employees. Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, championed the arcane provision, called the Holman Rule… Read more »