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Connolly Slams President Trump for His Disgraceful Oval Office Meeting with President Zelenskyy

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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 President Trump and Vice President Vance's disgraceful display in their Oval Office meeting with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine: "I have worked in foreign policy since my days as a young staffer…

Connolly, Wilson Reintroduce Two Bills to Defend Ukraine and its Territory

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Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC), both senior members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, reintroduced two bipartisan pieces of legislation to support Ukraine’s territorial integrity in the face of continued Russian aggression. The Defending Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity Act codifies the United States’ support for Ukraine’s…

Connolly Calls on Secretary Rubio to Immediately Resume Payments for Critical Humanitarian and Development Assistance

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging him to immediately resume the full operation of the Phoenix and Payment Management Services (PMS) systems to ensure humanitarian and development organizations receive…

Connolly, Hoyer, Meeks, Keating Introduce Resolution Reaffirming U.S. Commitment to NATO and Article 5

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (VA-11), former President of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Parliamentary Assembly), Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), former House Majority Leader, Congressmen Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and William Keating (MA-09), Ranking Member of the Europe Subcommittee, and , issued the following…

Ranking Members Connolly and Subramanyam Launch Probe into DOGE Efforts to Purge USAID and Freeze Foreign Aid

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs, wrote a letter to Marco Rubio, Acting Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), requesting documents and information on the Trump-Musk effort to freeze foreign…

Connolly Statement on Ceasefire and Hostage Release Deal

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement: I enthusiastically welcome today's announcement of a long-overdue ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas. This agreement will secure the release of Israeli and American hostages who have been held in brutal captivity by Hamas for more than a year and it will halt the fighting in Gaza, allowing for…

Connolly Joins More than 80 Lawmakers in Bicameral Push Urging Biden Administration to Sanction Members of the Netanyahu Government, Others for Actions to Incite Violence, Expand Settlements in the West Bank

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Today, Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), along with Representative Sean Casten (IL-06), and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), in announcing their efforts to press the Biden Administration to hold members of the Netanyahu Government – specifically Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security…

Connolly, Turner Raise Concerns About October 26 Elections and Euro-Atlantic Future for Georgia

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Co-Chair of the Congressional Georgia Caucus, and Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH), head of the U.S. delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, released the following statement: "We are deeply…

Connolly Commends Biden Administration for Addressing Double Taxation Issues with Taiwan

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, a co-Chair of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus, and the President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, released the following statement in support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s announcement that the United States and Taiwan will begin negotiations on a comprehensive agreement to address…

Connolly Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging the Administration to Take Action on Double Taxation with Taiwan

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, co-Chair of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus, and the author of the Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023, led four of his colleagues in writing to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen to urge the Administration to take action on the issue of double taxation with…

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