By a vote of 40-0, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability approved the Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) to require the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to collect, track, and publicly report information related to deaths and injuries resulting from traffic crashes involving vehicles transporting mail. The… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the author of the Global Health Security Act, released the following statement on the White House's announcement of Dr. Stephanie Psaki as the first United States Coordinator for Global Health Security:
"I welcome the appointment of Dr. Stephanie Psaki as the United States Coordinator for Global Health Security, a position created by my legislation –… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) reintroduced the Administrative Law Judges Competitive Service Restoration Act, bipartisan legislation to reestablish Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) as members of the competitive civil service.
Approximately 2,000 Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) currently serve in agencies across the Executive Branch,… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation and the author of the FedRAMP Authorization Act, released the following statement regarding the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report titled “Cloud Security: Federal Authorization Program Usage Increasing, but Challenges Need to Be… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, released the following statement in advance of today’s GOP contempt resolution markup:
Today’s markup is the definition of chutzpah. Three members of this panel, Jim Jordan, Scott Perry, and Andy Biggs, all defied legitimate Congressional subpoenas related to their involvement in… Read more »
A central part of Donald Trump’s plan should he return to the White House is to dismantle the “deep state,” getting rid of the federal government workers who might stand in the way of his broader agenda.
Allies of those civil servants are already gearing up for a fight.
With nearly a year left until next fall’s election, President Joe Biden’s administration, lawmakers and advocacy… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11) joined Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA-04), the top Democrat on the Judiciary Subcommittee overseeing the courts, and six House colleagues in sending a letter to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas this weekend urging him to recuse himself in the Trump immunity case.
The letter highlights his wife’s “intimate involvement in the effort to overturn… Read more »
Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) called on General Services Administration (GSA) Acting Inspector General Robert Erickson to investigate potential political influence in the site selection process for the new Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters.
“GSA must be fair and transparent in its… Read more »
U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), and Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Jen Kiggans (R-VA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Bobby Scott (D-VA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), and Rob Wittman (R-VA) have sent a letter to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget requesting that the FBI headquarters relocation process be… Read more »
Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), and Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Jen Kiggans (R-VA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Bobby Scott (D-VA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), and Rob Wittman (R-VA) today welcomed the news that the Inspector General (IG) of the General Services Administration (GSA) will initiate an… Read more »