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America is Not for Sale: Ranking Member Connolly Urges White House to Immediately Decline a $400 Million Plane, an Illegal “Gift” from Qatar

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government reform, sent a letter to White House Counsel David Warrington demanding all documents and information pertaining to President Trump’s intention to accept a $400 million plane from the Qatari government and urging the White House to immediately decline this “gift.” Accepting this gift from a…

Connolly, Kaine, Warner, Van Hollen, Alsobrooks Lead Colleagues in Letter to OPM Opposing Trump Administration's Revival of Schedule F

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Today, U.S. Representative Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11) and U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) led their colleagues in a letter to Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Acting Director Charles Ezell opposing President Trump’s move to revive ‘Schedule F.’ Schedule F, now called Schedule Policy/Career, is a policy…

Ranking Member Connolly Investigating Trump-Administration Silencing Potential VA Whistleblowers with Gag Orders

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins requesting documents and information following troubling reporting that former VA staff tasked with terminating employees and reorganizing the agency workforce were forced to sign agreements…

More Money for Elon? Oversight Democrats Demand Investigation Into Whether Trump Administration is Using Tariff Negotiations to Support Starlink

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Department of State (State) Acting Inspector General Arne B. Baker requesting an investigation into reports that the White House is promoting Elon Musk’s Starlink communication services to countries facing Trump’s disastrous tariffs, and that countries…

CORRUPTION WATCH: Ranking Member Connolly Launches Investigation Into GSA Plans to Give Lucrative Contract to Inexperienced, Trump-Connected Startup

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to General Services Administration (GSA) Acting Administrator Stephen Ehikian demanding information and documents related to GSA’s reported plans to award a contract for a $25 million pilot program to Ramp, a company with zero federal contracting experience…

Oversight Democrats Demand Answers After CDC Whistleblower Exposes Trump Administration Eliminated Agency’s Entire FOIA Office

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Acting Director Susan Monarez demanding answers after the Committee was provided with reports of the elimination of all staff responsible for responding to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests at the CDC. “I write…

Ranking Members Connolly and Neal Demand Social Security Abandon Administration’s Plans to Make it More Difficult for Americans to Get Their Earned Benefits

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Richard E. Neal, Ranking Member of the Committee on Ways and Means, sent a letter to U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) Acting Commissioner Leland Dudek demanding SSA immediately abandon plans to make it more difficult for Social Security beneficiaries and…

Bombshell Reporting & Whistleblower Disclosure Lead Ranking Member Connolly to Demand Investigations into Musk Conflicts of Interest, DOGE Disruptions at NLRB and DOL

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Luiz A. Santos, Acting Inspector General at the Department of Labor (DOL), and Ruth Blevins, Inspector General at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), demanding they immediately investigate the work Elon Musk’s DOGE team may have performed at their…

Ranking Member Connolly, Vice Ranking Member Crockett, and Subcommittee Ranking Member Stansbury Raise Concerns About GSA’s “Fire Sale” of Federal Property

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Vice Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Melanie Stansbury, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, sent a letter to Stephen Ehikian, Acting Administrator of the General Services…

Rep. Emily Randall and Ranking Member Connolly Spearhead Oversight Investigation Into Elon Musk’s Conflicts of Interest at the Department of Transportation

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Today, Rep. Emily Randall, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Judith S. Kaleta, Deputy General Counsel and Designated Agency Ethics Official at the Department of Transportation (DOT), requesting documents, information, and answers as to how DOT is ensuring Elon Musk is not exploiting the agency…

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