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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the following statement on President Trump’s reorganization plan for the federal government: “The Trump reorganization plan for the federal government is a wish list for anti-government ideologues not based in fact or study. Like every other plan rolled out by this Administration, this is a blueprint for failure that would create dysfunction and chaos in the federal government ... Read more

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the following statement on President Trump’s executive order: “The President does not deserve an ounce of credit. He alone created this problem. He alone brought fear, pain and suffering onto these families. Details of this executive order will matter. We cannot have families, especially children, indefinitely detained.” Read more

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on World Refugee Day: “As we commemorate World Refugee Day, and honor the 68.5 million people currently displaced worldwide, it is shameful how far the Trump Administration’s policies have fallen from the values upon which America was founded. The Statue of Liberty beckons, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Yet, despite the highe... Read more

Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings and all Democrats on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar requesting documents on the proposed gag rule for the Title X National Family Planning Program, which would impede women’s access to critical information about their healthcare. “We are writing to request documents relating to the harmful gag rule you recently proposed for the Title X National Family Planning P... Read more

Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement on the Trump administration's shameful decision to separate children from their parents at the border: "We have all been moved by the cruelty of President Trump's decision to forcibly separate families at the border. I condemn this inhumane and morally repugnant policy. This is not who we are as Americans. It must end now. That is why I am cosponsoring legislation to end this barbaric policy. "Despite the administration’s ... Read more

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the following statement in advance of this morning’s joint hearing with the House Committee on the Judiciary on the Department of Justice Inspector General’s report on FBI activities prior to the 2016 election: “On June 14, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released the report, “A Review of Various Actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigati... Read more

Following yesterday’s press reports that Speaker Paul Ryan hasn’t “paid that close attention” to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Pruitt’s unethical conduct, Representatives Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA) and Mike Quigley (D-IL) sent a letter to the Speaker detailing the many abuses and allegations against Mr. Pruitt. “We are deeply concerned by your comments yesterday when asked about your confidence level in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt that you “hav... Read more

Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the following statement on today’s release of the Department of Justice Inspector General’s report on FBI activities prior to the 2016 election: “There is no way around it. Former FBI Director James Comey’s misconduct and profoundly bad judgment helped elect Donald Trump President of the United States. Inspector General Horowitz found that Mr. Comey’s actions violated FBI p... Read more

By Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) Against the backdrop of American and North Korean flags, the world finally got a glimpse into the negotiating skills of the so-called “Master of the Deal.” After much fanfare more appropriate for a reality television show than a historic diplomatic summit, the president emerged empty-handed. Trump gave the North Korean dictator everything he’s longed for – international legitimacy, an audience with an American president, and the cancellation of military exercises ... Read more

Connolly Statement for Today's House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on the Middle East and North Africa: Ensuring Resources Match Objectives In order to match resources to objectives, one has to have objectives. In the Middle East and North Africa, the Trump Administration has none, except to undo every action the Obama Administration took, no matter the impact on U.S. national security interests. President Trump has decimated funding for diplomatic and development programs in the region, wit... Read more