Last night, the House of Representatives adopted a bipartisan amendment offered by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congressman Peter King (R-NY) that would ensure the FBI has the information it needs to keep firearms out of the hands of domestic abusers. Specifically, the amendment would codify and strengthen the Department of Defense’s (DOD) policies regarding the reporting of… Read more »
Today, the Chairs of four House Committees and Subcommittees issued the following statement in response to the announcement by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) that it has opened a new investigation into the Trump Administration’s abrupt decision to abandon the long-planned project to move the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from its current… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Government Operations subcommittee, released the following statement on today’s Supreme Court census decision:
“Shortly before the Administration announced its plan to add a citizenship question to the decennial census, I spoke personally with Secretary Wilbur Ross to share my deep concerns about the harm such a question would do… Read more »
Today, the House of Representatives adopted a measure offered by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Government Operations subcommittee, that would provide federal grant funding to states to upgrade cybersecurity protections of their election systems. The measure was included in H.R. 2722 the Securing America’s Federal Elections Act, which passed the House 225-184… Read more »
Adam Mazmanian
The White House has threatened to start the ball rolling on layoffs at the Office of Personnel Management if a proposed merger to fold most of OPM into the General Services Administration isn't advanced with legislation.
The Trump administration claims that a $70 million shortfall will result from the transfer of… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement after the House unanimously agreed to include in H.R. 3351 his amendment prohibiting President Trump from carrying out his threat to lay off hundreds of Office of Personnel Management (OPM) employees if Congress does not acquiesce to the Administration’s plan to abolish OPM altogether.
“The federal government’s… Read more »
Mike Lillis
House Democrats on Thursday introduced legislation to increase the number of refugees allowed into the United States, taking a direct shot at the Trump administration's move to cut the figure drastically.
The legislation has little chance of passing through the Republican-controlled Senate, where GOP leaders have… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Government Operations subcommittee, released the following statement calling on Chairman Jack Evans to resign from the Metro Board:
“The time is long overdue for Jack Evans finally to do the decent thing and resign from the Metro Board. The evidence is now clear that Mr. Evans actively used his Chairman’s position to… Read more »
On Thursday, June 20, 2019, Rep. Gerry Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, will hold a hearing to examine longstanding critical deficiencies at the Washington, D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center (DC VAMC).
WHERE: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building
WHEN: Thursday, June 20, 2019
TIME: 2:00 p.m. EST
The hearing will be broadcast here.… Read more »
Lisa Rein
The Trump administration is threatening to furlough — and possibly lay off — 150 employees at the federal personnel agency if Congress blocks its plan to eliminate the department.
The Office of Personnel Management is preparing to send the career employees home without pay starting on Oct. 1, according to an… Read more »
