Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), co-chair of the House Green Dogs, released the following statement on EPA Administrator Pruitt’s decision to roll back the Waters of the U.S. safeguards:
“Administrator Pruitt has once again substituted his political ideology over overwhelming scientific evidence and years of stakeholder collaboration and compromise. This dirty water giveaway will have… Read more »
Today, U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL), Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA) and 170 Democratic colleagues introduced a resolution condemning President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and urging the Administration to reverse course and maintain U.S. participation.
H.Res.390 emphasizes the dire consequences of global climate change for our national security, public… Read more »
On Monday, June 19th at 7:00 PM Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) will host a town hall meeting at the Sunset Hills Montessori School in Reston, VA. Connolly will provide a congressional update and then take audience questions. Due to space constraints, RSVPs are required. You can RSVP here. For additional information please contact our office at: 703-256-3071.
When: June 19, 7:00 PM -… Read more »
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson heads to Capitol Hill this week with the impossible task of illuminating for Congress the Trump Doctrine, defined by a unilateral retreat from the global community.
In his first five months in office, President Trump has inexplicably heaped praise on strongmen including Vladimir Putin, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and Rodrigo… Read more »
Melissa Quinn
President Trump's relationship with Silicon Valley may have reached a crossroads following his decision to leave the Paris Agreement, as giants of the technology industry prepare to gather at the White House while bucking the administration's position on the deal.
Trump announced he will withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement in a speech in the Rose Garden in early… Read more »
Brian Trompeter
President Trump’s proposed budget would undermine key environmental programs and cost Northern Virginia tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity, U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-11th) said June 8.
“It’s probably one of the most radical documents that any president has submitted to any Congress,” Connolly told Tysons Regional Chamber of… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement on reports that President Trump will withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement:
"Reports that the Trump Administration will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement constitute a tragic retreat. You don't make America Great Again by retreating. Essentially we now stand with two countries, Nicaragua and Syria,… Read more »
Damian Paletta and Mike DeBonis
President Trump faces an increasingly narrow path to win major legislative victories before the looming August recess, with only two months left to revive his health-care or tax initiatives before Congress departs for a long break.
White House officials said Tuesday that Trump has become increasingly incensed that legislation is bogging down in the… Read more »
Today, SEEC Co- Chairs Gerry Connolly (D-VA), and Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter today to President Donald Trump urging him to remain a party to the Paris Climate Agreement.
Read the full text of the letter below and attached here:
May 26, 2017
President Donald J. Trump
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Trump:
We write to… Read more »
Robert McCartney
President Trump’s full budget plan, issued Tuesday, is even worse for the Washington region than the initial “skinny” version released in March, local government officials and analysts say.
The new one includes all the same ominous proposals that prompted warnings that the spending plan would worsen economic inequality and possibly tip the area into recession. The… Read more »
