Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding President Trump's announcement that he will hold a second meeting with Kim Jong Un in February.
“President Trump gambled and lost on his first Summit with North Korea. He gave Kim Jong Un the prestige and legitimacy the dictator craves and got… Read more »
Today, co-chairs of the Georgia Caucus Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), introduced H.R. 598 the Georgia Support Act. The legislation asserts the United States of America’s continued support for the independence and sovereignty of Georgia, recognizes Georgia’s commitment to democratic values including free and fair elections, and affirms U.S. opposition to… Read more »
Today, Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Steve Chabot (R-OH) re-introduced H.R. 596 the Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act, legislation prohibiting federal agencies from taking action that recognizes Russian sovereignty over Crimea. The legislation was previously introduced in the 115th, 114th, and 113th Congress.
“Congress must lead the way in refusing to acknowledge the… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly, a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the following statement on federal court ruling against the Trump administration’s addition of a citizenship question to the Census.
“From the beginning, I’ve been fighting the Trump Administration’s attempts to intimidate minority communities into not being counted, and… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
Jenna Portnoy
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (Va.) and fellow Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee tried to persuade Republicans to issue dozens of subpoenas to investigate Trump administration policies, from the travel ban to family separation.
But one issue Connolly plans to tackle as soon as Democrats… Read more »
