Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Peter King, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security’s Emergency Preparedness Subcommittee, and Rep. Mark Amodei sent a letter to House and Senate leadership urging swift passage of bipartisan legislation to give the Postal Service the assistance it needs to keep functioning on behalf of the American p...
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Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerry E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, requested that the General Services Administration (GSA) produce documents related to a troubling report that the Trump Organization requested a reduction in lease payments for the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. “This report highlights the disturbing conflicts of interest presented when President Trump maint...
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Today, Inspectors General (IGs) from the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, and the Small Business Administration briefed Members of the Committee on Oversight and Reform regarding their ongoing oversight efforts in response to the coronavirus pandemic and proposals to strengthen the independence of all IGs. Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, issued the following statement: “Now, more than ever, it is essential the public has c...
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Lisa Rein and Jacob Bogage President Trump on Friday threatened to block an emergency loan to shore up the U.S. Postal Service unless it dramatically raised shipping prices on online retailers, an unprecedented move to seize control of the agency that analysts said could plunge its finances into a deeper hole. “The Postal Service is a joke,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. To obtain a $10 billion line of credit Congress approved this month, “The post office should raise the price of a ...
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Jory Heckman Congress has approved nearly $3 trillion to keep government services and the economy running during the coronavirus pandemic, but standing up the layers of oversight into that spending has gone less smoothly. The House approved a resolution Thursday to create a select committee on the coronavirus, under the auspices of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, despite pushback from Republicans at a House Rules Committee Wednesday. Ranking member Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and House Oversig...
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Jonathan O'Connell, David A. Fahrenthold, and Joshua Partlow Congressional Democrats are pressing the General Services Administration for information about President Trump’s D.C. hotel lease, after Trump’s company said it asked the federal government to include it in any accommodations it may make for private tenants during the coronavirus shutdown. In a letter Thursday, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) asked GSA Administrator Emily Murphy to produce the agency’s policies governing possible change...
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A group of House Democrats today raised serious issues with the Trump Administration’s handling of the supply chain for COVID-19 response, and sought improved transparency and federal coordination to mitigate the inadequate, harmful, and dysfunctional engagement. The letter was signed by Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), David Price (D-NC), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Terri Sewell (D-AL), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA). The Representatives wrote: “Despite billions of dollars of taxpayer money d...
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Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, issued a statement regarding a troubling new report that the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. is asking for a break on its lease payments from the General Services Administration (GSA), the landlord for the property. “As soon as Donald Trump was sworn in as President, his lease with the federal government for...
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On Thursday, April 23 at 11:00 AM, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, will join MeriTalk for a virtual update on COVID-19’s impact on the federal workforce and federal IT modernization efforts. Congressman Connolly will discuss: Issues facing the Federal workforce including Telework and Weather and Safety Leave Federal IT modernization and funding initiatives in future COVID-19 relief packages Insights on the Council of the Inspectors Genera...
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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, released the following statement today in response to the abrupt cancellation of a scheduled call between the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and the Director of the Census Bureau, Steven Dillingham: "A long planned conference call with the Director of the Census Bureau and the Oversight Committee, scheduled for 2:00 PM today, was just abruptly cancelled with no explanation from the Census Bureau or...
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