Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, released the following statement on the House Republicans’ rules package for the 118th Congress.
“The Republican rules package takes the Trump administration’s war on the federal workforce to the extreme. The archaic Holman Rule and anti-Federal Employee Select… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), David Trone (D-MD), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Members of Congress representing the National Capital Region, issued a stark warning today on the inclusion of the Holman Rule in the House… Read more »
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, released the following statement after President Biden and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced it would purchase 66,000 electric vehicles (EVs) to replace its aging fleet of gas-powered delivery vehicles. The USPS investment includes electrifying 75% of its new purpose-built Next… Read more »
Today, President Joe Biden signed into law the First Responder Fair RETIRE Act, bipartisan legislation to ensure federal firefighters, law enforcement officers, and other federal first responders qualify for full retirement benefits if they are injured on the job and return to the federal workforce. The House passed the legislation unanimously in July 2022, and the Senate passed it… Read more »
The U.S. Senate passed the First Responder Fair RETIRE Act, bipartisan legislation to ensure federal firefighters, law enforcement officers, and other federal first responders qualify for full retirement benefits if they are injured on the job and return to the federal workforce. The House passed the legislation unanimously in July, 2022. The legislation was introduced in the House… Read more »
Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerry Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, issued the following statement in response to the revised agreement between the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and George W. Bush Foundation regarding the proposal to privatize the George… Read more »
Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA), the Chairman and Vice Chair of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations, introduced legislation that would strengthen how the federal government interacts with the American public. The Trust in Government Act details specific requirements for federal agencies to improve their… Read more »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Chai Suthammanont Healthy Federal Workplaces Act of 2022 and the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Authorization Act of 2022 with bipartisan support.
“Both of… Read more »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, released the following statement after the Committee on Oversight and Reform voted favorably—with bipartisan support—to approve the Chai Suthammanont Healthy Federal Workplaces Act of 2022.
Chai Suthammanont was a federal employee who lost his life after contracting the coronavirus while… Read more »
Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 302, the Preventing a Patronage System Act:
“The civil servants who make up our federal workforce are the engine that keep our federal government running,” said Chairman Connolly. “We rely on… Read more »