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Adam Longo and Eliana Block A proposal to increase teleworking opportunities for federal government employees is being introduced in the House of Representatives on Thursday. Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) are co-sponsors of the "Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act." A news release sent… Read more »

Jory Heckman Following the recent rollback of telework agreements at the Education and Agriculture departments, two D.C.-area lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at protecting and expanding existing agency telework agreements. The Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act, introduced by Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and… Read more »

Today, during a hearing on election security before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Chairman Trey Gowdy, Subcommittee Chairman Will Hurd, and all other Republicans present voted against a motion offered by Vice Ranking Member Gerry Connolly to subpoena the Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats to testify before the Committee. Hurd recently wrote an op-ed in the… Read more »

Today, Vice Ranking Member Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee sent a letter to Chairman Trey Gowdy demanding a hearing with Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats after several Republican Members of Congress raised concerns that they believe President Trump is being manipulated… Read more »

Morgan Chalfant Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday tried to subpoena the top U.S. intelligence official to testify publicly on the threat posed by Russia to elections, but they were blocked by their Republican colleagues. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) motioned to subpoena Director of National Intelligence Dan… Read more »

WaPo Editorial Board If you were embroiled in a dispute over claims for benefits or federal enforcement actions, your case would probably end up before an administration law judge (ALJ). These judges — of whom there are more than 1,900 across the federal government, 1,600 in the Social Security Administration alone — oversee… Read more »

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) With a stroke of a pen, acting Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler helped cement the toxic legacy of Scott Pruitt’s reign over the EPA by rolling back federal coal ash standards. For many Northern Virginia residents, Pruitt’s ethical scandals were proximate sources of… Read more »

Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joined Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representatives Anna G. Eshoo, David N. Cicilline, and Gregory W. Meeks in slamming President Trump for openly considering an outrageous request from Russian President Vladimir Putin to let Russian… Read more »

Today SEEC Leadership, including Co-Chairs Reps. Gerry Connolly, Doris Matsui, and Paul Tonko, and Vice-Chairs Reps. Matt Cartwright, Alan Lowenthal, Mike Quigley, Chellie Pingree and Jared Polis released the following statement in response to the passage of H.Con.Res. 119, a Republican-led resolution expressing the sense of Congress that a tax on carbon pollution would be detrimental to… Read more »

Today, Representatives Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the Government Operations Subcommittee, sent a letter to Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Mark Meadows (R-NC) requesting a hearing on President Trump’s recent Executive… Read more »