By Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA)
The president is once again rooting for a “good government shutdown.” This is a reckless and irresponsible threat. We have a fundamental obligation to keep government open, and I think members of both parties can agree that there are no winners in a government shutdown.
Budget brinksmanship… Read more »
Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee member Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY), House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA), and 41 other Democrats from the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees in releasing the following statement on President Trump’s attendance at the NATO Summit and his meeting… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement regarding the inclusion of his bipartisan bill, the Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act, in the 2019 Department of Defense Appropriations Act. The Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act, originally introduced by Connolly and Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL), ensures the immediate payment of military death… Read more »
Today, Co-Chairmen of the Georgia Caucus, U.S. Congressmen Ted Poe (R-TX) and Gerald Connolly (D-VA) released the following statements after the introduction of H.R. 6129, the bi-partisan Georgia Support Act. The legislation reasserts the United States’ support for Georgia’s sovereignty and opposition to the forceful and illegal Russian invasion of Abkhazia and Tskhinivali region/South… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the following statement on President Trump’s executive order:
“The President does not deserve an ounce of credit. He alone created this problem. He alone brought fear, pain and suffering onto these families. Details of this executive order will matter. We cannot have… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on World Refugee Day:
“As we commemorate World Refugee Day, and honor the 68.5 million people currently displaced worldwide, it is shameful how far the Trump Administration’s policies have fallen from the values upon which America was founded. The Statue of Liberty… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement on the Trump administration's shameful decision to separate children from their parents at the border:
"We have all been moved by the cruelty of President Trump's decision to forcibly separate families at the border. I condemn this inhumane and morally repugnant policy. This is not who we are as Americans. It… Read more »
By Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.)
Against the backdrop of American and North Korean flags, the world finally got a glimpse into the negotiating skills of the so-called “Master of the Deal.” After much fanfare more appropriate for a reality television show than a historic diplomatic summit, the president emerged empty-handed. Trump… Read more »
Connolly Statement for Today's House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on the Middle East and North Africa: Ensuring Resources Match Objectives
In order to match resources to objectives, one has to have objectives. In the Middle East and North Africa, the Trump Administration has none, except to undo every action the Obama Administration took, no matter the impact on U.S. national… Read more »
Today Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition Co-Chairs Reps. Gerry Connolly, Doris Matsui, and Paul Tonko released the following statement in response to the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.
“One year ago President Trump announced his misguided plan to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate… Read more »
