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Connolly, Hoyer Lead Letter Urging Appropriators to Block Trump’s Schedule F Order in Upcoming Spending Bill

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Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), and 11 Members of Congress sent a letter to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to request that the forthcoming government funding bill include language that reverses President Trump’s…

Connolly Statement on GSA Ascertainment

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 Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, released the following statement after GSA Administrator Murphy announced the Biden transition can now access GSA resources.       “It should not have taken the ire of Congress and the American public to convince Administrator Murphy to do the right thing. Her actions were…

Connolly, Tonko Support Haaland for Interior Secretary

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Today, Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Paul Tonko (D-NY), Co-Chairs of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), wrote to President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris to express their support for the nomination of fellow SEEC member Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM) to serve as the Secretary of the Interior in the incoming Biden-Harris Administration. “Since joining…

Committee Chairs Summon GSA Head On Refusal to Grant Biden-Harris Team Access to Transition Resources

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This evening, Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rep. Nita M. Lowey, Oversight and Reform Committee’s Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, and Appropriations Committee’s Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Mike Quigley sent a letter demanding that…

Connolly, Pascrell, Titus Blast Trump Administration Blocking Presidential Transition

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Reacting to reports that the General Services Administration (GSA) is blocking the commencement of the presidential transition process, three House of Representatives chairs are demanding urgent answers.   U.S. Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11), the Chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the…

Chairs Seek Information on Trump Administration’s Efforts to Withhold Federal Funds from Cities Deemed “Anarchist Jurisdictions”

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Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to Attorney General William P. Barr and a letter to Russell T. Vought, the Director of the…

Chairs Call on USGS Director James Reilly to be Removed After IG Investigation Determines He Retaliated Against Whistleblower

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Raúl M. Grijalva, the Chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources,  called for the removal of James Reilly as Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) after the Department of the Interior…

Chairs Maloney and Connolly Release Dismal Postal Data on National, Area, and District Delivery Rates for First Class Mail

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released national, area, and district-level data showing continued poor on-time delivery rates of First Class mail nationwide.   “With the election less than a week away, the American people deserve to know…

Chair Connolly and Maloney Issue Statements on District Court Ordering Postal Service to Take Further Action to Reverse DeJoy’s Harmful Changes

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Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, issued the following statements after the District Court for the District of Columbia ordered that the U.S. Postal Service must take specific immediate steps to reverse mail collection limits and to increase the…

House Democrats Call for Halt to President’s Executive Order Politicizing the Civil Service and Demand Analyses of Potential Effects

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Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee of Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government and Operations, led all Committee Democrats and Members of the National Capital Region Delegation in a letter calling on Michael Rigas, the Acting Director of both the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the…

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