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 legislatio... Read more »
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.... Read more »
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 Governmen... Read more »
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 $1... Read more »
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 R... Read more »
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-... Read more »
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), a... Read more »
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 pro... Read more »
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 fun... Read more »
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, sc... Read more »
