Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly, Chairman of the House Government Operations subcommittee, called for President Biden to fire the Postal Board of Governors. Connolly’s request follows a Washington Post report that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will announce additional service cuts to the United States Postal Service.
“Since his installation as President… Read more »
Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy seeking a briefing on whether the Postal Service is effectively mitigating coronavirus infections across its workforce and to press the Postmaster General to more… Read more »
Yesterday, Congressman Gerry Connolly, Chairman of the House Government Operations subcommittee, joined the World Mental Health Coalition for a National Town Hall titled, “The Imperative to Convict Donald Trump,” bringing together legal, constitutional, criminal law, historical, and mental health perspectives.
“If what the President did is not an impeachable… Read more »
By Jacob Bogage, Kevin Schaul
The nation’s mail service is slower and more erratic than it’s been in generations, via the confluence of an abrupt reorganization and pandemic-era anomalies that has fueled demands for reform and fundamentally different ideas on how to achieve it.
On one side is Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who, with the backing of the U.S. Postal Service’s governing… Read more »
By Joe Davidson
(Washington Post) -- A government watchdog study from a generally staid audit agency amounts to a wide-reaching condemnation of President Donald Trump's botched response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The 346-page Government Accountability Office document, much longer than most, outlines broad Trump administration failures so alarming that the normally circumspect auditors… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, released the following statement regarding the conduct of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and the calls for her expulsion from Congress.
"Marjorie Taylor Greene is a bigot, a prolific conspiracy theorist, and an enabler of insurrectionists. She's openly supported calls for Democrats to… Read more »
Today, Representative Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Government Operations subcommittee, Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Representative Jim Langevin (D-RI), and Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) introduced the First Responder Fair RETIRE Act, bipartisan legislation to ensure federal firefighters, law enforcement officials, Border Patrol officers, and other… Read more »
Today, Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, Committee on Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith, Committee on Appropriations Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro, Co-Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus Jackie Speier, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Rep. Don Beyer, and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced The Comprehensive Paid… Read more »
Today, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Chairwoman of the House Committee in Oversight and Reform, led six fellow committee members in sending a letter to House leadership requesting that the next emergency legislative relief package include a $9 billion investment into the… Read more »
Today U.S. Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) wrote to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requesting a community vaccination site for Northern Virginia. The Biden Administration’s plan to defeat COVID-19 includes a proposal for 100 community mass vaccination sites across the United… Read more »
