Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), and Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) introduced the Strengthening the Rule of Law in the Brazilian Amazon Act, bipartisan legislation to counter organized criminal and drug trafficking groups who are devastating communities in and around the Brazilian Amazon, upending rule of law, and… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (VA-11), the former president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and head of the U.S. delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, were joined by… Read more »
Today, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs advanced a resolution introduced by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) to recognize the importance of trilateral cooperation among the United States, Japan, and South Korea. Connolly and Wilson were joined in introducing the resolution by their fellow Korea Caucus co-chairs Reps. Ami Bera (D-CA), and Mike… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (D-PA), and 54 members of Congress in calling on the Administration to use all tools possible to dissuade the Israeli government from moving forward with an offensive invasion into Rafah.
“We write with urgency to say: an offensive invasion into Rafah by Israel in the… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO), Congressman Chris Deluzio, and 85 colleagues in urging President Biden to enforce National Security Memorandum 20, including the underlying law, Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act amid evidence and reports that Israel has restricted the flow of US aid to Gaza – where over one million Palestinians are… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the former President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement after the House passed President Biden's security supplemental funding package:
"Today, I was proud to vote for President Biden’s security supplemental funding package which will finally deliver what… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the former President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement after Iran's attack against Israel:
"I unequivocally condemn Iran's attack against Israel. For nearly two months, the House GOP has refused to bring up the bipartisan national security supplemental… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representatives Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), and Andy Barr (R-KY), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus, introduced a bipartisan resolution reaffirming the United States’ commitment to Taiwan and commemorating the 45th anniversary of the enactment of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA). The resolution is cosponsored by a… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representative Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11) joined U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and U.S. Representative Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10), along with U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA), U.S. Representative Don Beyer (D-VA-8), and U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-7), in writing to Secretary of State Antony Blinken to strongly urge the immediate designation of Vladimir… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President Emeritus of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, released the following statement:
"The death of seven World Central Kitchen volunteers bringing food to desperately hungry Palestinians is an abhorrent act of indiscriminate bombing by Israeli Defense Forces. It is indefensible and a… Read more »
