A bipartisan congressional delegation today wrote to FEMA Administrator Peter Gaynor urging the Administration to increase the federal government’s allotment of emergency medical supplies and equipment to the National Capital Region. The letter was signed by U.S. Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), Rob Wittman (R-VA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA),… Read more »
Today, Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) in sending a letter signed by 135 of their colleagues urging House and Senate leaders to prioritize assistance for hungry and food insecure families in upcoming COVID-19 emergency relief packages.
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Today, Rep. Gerry Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Brenda Lawrence, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Representatives Stephen F. Lynch, A. Donald McEachin, Andy Levin, and Donna Shalala sent a letter to House and Senate leadership urging them to include meaningful relief for the United States Postal… Read more »
Today, Representatives Gerry Connolly, Bobby Scott, Don Beyer, A. Donald McEachin, Elaine Luria, Abigail Spanberger, and Jennifer Wexton, as well as U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, sent a letter urging Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to provide Virginia maximum flexibility to use funding from the coronavirus economic relief package to help address budget… Read more »
Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Congressman Anthony G. Brown (D-MD), and seven members from the National Capital Region Delegation sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf urging the Administration to fully invoke the Defense Production Act to ensure local medical professionals have… Read more »
U.S Representatives Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA) and Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), and U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Tom Carper (D-DE), pressed the Trump Administration to quickly disburse a loan of up to $10 billion authorized by Congress in the most recent Coronavirus legislative package to address the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) immediate financial needs.
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U.S. Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) this evening held an urgent conference call with representatives of over a dozen Virginia lending institutions to discuss questions and concerns about the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan program. The program, established by the CARES Act to support small businesses hurt by the COVID-19… Read more »
Today, Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Gerry E. Connolly, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Chairman Jamie Raskin, Oversight and Reform Committee Member Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton sent a letter to the General Services Administration (GSA) demanding the GSA cease internal plans and operations to aid the Trump Administration’s… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, led 38 Members of the House in sending a letter to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, urging him to exclude COVID-19-related assistance from the public charge determination for immigrants seeking admission or an adjustment of status.
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Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerry Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urging the Senate to pass a stimulus package with emergency funds to help save the Postal Service from bankruptcy due to the impact of the coronavirus.
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