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Ranking Member Connolly Demands Answers After Reports DOGE is Feeding Americans’ Private Data Into Unapproved AI Systems, Using AI to Slash Programs

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent letters to 24 federal agencies requesting documentation that any potential use of artificial intelligence (AI) at their agencies complies with federal laws, protects Americans’ sensitive and private data, and does not financially benefit Elon Musk. “I write with serious concerns…

Connolly to Oppose Republicans’ Funding Power Grab

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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement in opposition to Republicans’ full-year continuing resolution that cuts critical funding and further cedes congressional power to Donald Trump and Elon Musk: “Last night, I hosted a telephone town hall with thousands of my constituents. I…

Ranking Member Connolly Launches Investigation Into Agency “Reduction In Force” Plans That Threaten Life-Saving Government Services

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent letters to the heads of 24 federal agencies requesting documents and information regarding their response to guidance from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on agency reductions in force (RIF) and reorganization plans…

Ranking Member Connolly Moves to Defund Trump’s Purge of Federal Workforce and Plot to Turn Federal Agencies Into Partisan Machines

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Today, Representative Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, submitted an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2025 Continuing Resolution to block the Trump Administration from purging at least 100,000 expert, career federal workers and replacing them with inexperienced partisan loyalists.  Ranking Member Connolly’s…

OPM Inspector General Assessing Risks to Agency IT Systems after Oversight Democrats Raise Serious Cybersecurity and Privacy Concerns about DOGE

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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Deputy Inspector General Vint has informed the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that the OPM Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will be incorporating into existing work topics of investigation outlined in a February 6th letter from Committee Democrats.  That letter raised concerns about DOGE exposing…

Ranking Member Connolly Launches Government-wide Investigation into Elon Musk’s DOGE Infiltration of Federal Agencies

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent letters to the 24 CFO Act agencies requesting immediate clarification regarding the shadowy activities of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) teams within each agency and across the federal government. “The actions of employees operating under the ‘DOGE’ moniker have thus…

Ranking Member Connolly and More Than 100 House Democrats Demand OPM Reinstate All Unlawfully Fired Federal Employees

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led 141 House Democrats in sending a letter to Acting Director Charles Ezell of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) urging the agency to reinstate all unlawfully terminated probationary status federal employees and cease plans to carry out further reductions in force (RIFs). “We…

Virginia Delegation Blasts Trump Administration Agenda to Relocate Federal Workers

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Today, US Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11), U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), and U.S. Representatives Bobby Scott (D-VA-3),  Don Beyer (D-VA-8), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-4), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10), and Eugene Vindman (D-VA-7) released the following statement blasting the Trump Administration’s agenda to relocate offices and bureaus out of the…

Ranking Member Connolly Rebukes Trump’s Orders to Federal Agencies to Prepare for Mass Firings of Federal Workers

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a memo to the heads of federal agencies ordering them to develop “Agency Reorganization Plans” to prepare for “large-scale reductions in force” by March 13,…

More than 100 House Democrats Push Federal Agencies to Regain Order, Renounce Musk Chaos

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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led more than 100 House Democrats in sending a  letter to the heads of the 24 CFO Act federal agencies, demanding they immediately clarify to their agencies that federal employees do not have to respond to Elon Musk’s ill-conceived, reckless email and that nonresponse does…

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