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Connolly Statement on GSA OIG Report on Trump Hotel Lease

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Congressman Gerry Connolly, a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the following statement on the GSA OIG’s report finding GSA improperly ignored the Constitution in evaluating the Trump Organization’s lease at the Old Post Office Building: “Today, the GSA OIG confirmed what we all knew: The Trump Administration is in violation of the Emoluments…

Connolly Leads Letter to OMB Director Mulvaney on Trump Administration's Compliance with Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act

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Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney requesting a compliance report on the Trump administration’s implementation of the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016 (FATAA; PL 114-191). Connolly was joined by FATAA co-authors…

Connolly and Chabot Introduce Bipartisan Global Health Security Act

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Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Congressman Steve Chabot (R-OH) introduced the bipartisan Global Health Security Act, which reaffirms the United States’ commitment to promoting global health security. The legislation is cosponsored by House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY), and Representatives…

Top Oversight Democrat Wants Hearing on Trump ‘Wasting’ DHS Funds

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Griffin Connolly The second-highest ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is calling for a public hearing on the Trump administration’s reported wasteful spending on border security. The inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security found that a staffing plan green-lighted by the…

CBP issues partial stop work order on Accenture hiring contract

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Nicole Ogrysko Customs and Border Protection has issued Accenture Federal Services, the vendor the agency hired to help CBP recruit border patrol agents and officers more quickly, a partial stop work order. The agency coordinated with Accenture and has asked the vendor to “reduce emphasis on some elements of the contract to…

Connolly Calls for House Oversight Hearing on IG Report Finding Trump Administration Spent $14 Million to Hire Two Border Agents

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the following statement on today’s Huffington Post report that the Trump administration spent $14 million to recruit two border agents. “While President Trump threatens a holiday shutdown for a wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for, we find out his Administration…

It’s time to move on sustainable infrastructure

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By Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), and Paul Tonko (D-NY) A major infrastructure overhaul is long overdue. Revitalizing and updating our infrastructure is absolutely necessary for America to compete and maintain its leadership in the global economy. It’s essential to creating jobs, including immediate construction…

Rep. Gerry Connolly Weighs In On U.S. Response To Killing Of Jamal Khashoggi

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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., about President Trump continuing to stand with Saudi Arabia following the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and what Congress can do. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For more on that, we're joined now by Representative Gerry Connolly. He's a Democrat from Virginia and a member of…

Democrats’ takeover of House could yield big benefits for Washington region

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Robert McCartney Democrats’ takeover of the U.S. House in Tuesday’s election instantly strengthened the Washington region’s deep blue congressional delegation, a change that may advance local goals such as Metro funding, statehood for the District, and protecting federal workers and the Chesapeake Bay. “It’s the difference…

Democrats Are Going To Investigate Trump’s Corruption And His Nativist Immigration Policies

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Paul Blumenthal and Chris D'Angelo After Democrats won control of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, President Donald Trump will face actual oversight from Congress for the first time. His most controversial policies will immediately come under investigation ― as will the scandals that circled the first two years of his…

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