Press Releases

Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to the General Services Administration (GSA) urging the agency to consider terminating the Old Post Office Building lease held by President Trump and the Trump Organization.  The letter comes on the… Read more »

With one million children at risk of starvation in Afghanistan, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11) led a group of 24 lawmakers to sound the alarm bell about the country’s dire hunger crisis and economic collapse and urge the Biden Administration to continue addressing these humanitarian issues. In a letter sent to Secretary Antony Blinken… Read more »

 This week, Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers in sending a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Secretery of Treasury Janet Yellen, urging them to seek targeted sanctions against members of the Duterte regime with documented records of grave human rights violations… Read more »

United States Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and other lawmakers today in introducing legislation to make bold investments in a workforce capable of preparing for and responding to climate change. The Climate Resilience Workforce Act builds the skilled, equitable, and necessary workforce that America needs to achieve climate resilience while… Read more »

Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) announced the results of his constituent survey on Governor Glenn Youngkin’s recent Executive Order aimed at repealing the statewide school mask mandate. The survey was sent via email and completed by more than 25,000 Northern Virginia residents.  Question: Should masks be required in Virginia schools? … Read more »

Today Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Darrell Issa (R-CA) launched the bipartisan Congressional  IT Modernization Caucus to help bring awareness to governments' need to embrace technology and analytics to better deliver services to the American public. “The recent COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the consequence of this inaction from the Small Business Administrations'… Read more »

Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, held a biannual hearing to assess implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA), Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act, and the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA), and consider opportunities for… Read more »

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement today regarding the announced retirement of Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld: “I thank Paul Wiedefeld for his leadership, his willingness to make tough decisions, and the improvements he undertook, including the system-wide Safetrack project and securing dedicated funding for long term capital investments, that are… Read more »

Today, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) announced the first round of investments in repairing Virginia bridges under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Law he helped pass. Connolly helped deliver $107.4 million for Virginia to fix bridges this year in FY 2022, part of a total $536.8 million investment over the next five… Read more »

Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) reintroduced the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, a bill that would provide federal employees with a 5.1 percent pay increase in calendar year 2023. Connolly and Schatz previously introduced similar legislation in the 115th and… Read more »