Press Releases

Today, the House of Representatives advanced the Metro Accountability and Investment Act, legislation authored by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) that would reauthorize the Passenger Rail Investment Improvement Act (PRIIA) Funding, adopt Metro reforms, and support Inspector General autonomy. The legislation was included in the INVEST Act, and is cosponsored by Majority Leader Steny… Read more »

Congressman Gerry Connolly, Chairman of the House Government Operations subcommittee, released the following statement on today’s WMATA Inspector General report that found between 2010 and 2017, the MTPD failed to investigate 3,110 victim and general complaints. “These are shocking findings by the WMATA IG that undermine faith in the Metro Transit Police Department to respond to credible… Read more »

Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) reintroduced the Cameras in the Courtroom Act, which would ensure transparency and accountability in the judicial branch by televising open proceedings before the United States Supreme Court. Companion legislation has been introduced in the Senate by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA). “Our nation’s highest court is not some… Read more »

Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform advanced the Merit System Protections (MSPB) Board Empowerment Act, legislation authored by Government Operations Chairman Gerry Connolly to reauthorize the MSPB through 2026. “Our committee took an important step today in protecting federal employees and whistleblowers,” Chairman Connolly said. “We need a functioning MSPB, and our bill… Read more »

Congressman Gerry Connolly, Chairman of the House Government Operations subcommittee, released the following statement following reports that Federal Housing Finance Agency Inspector General Laura Wertheimer will resign at the end of July. In April 2020, Connolly requested the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) look into reports that Wertheimer had acted… Read more »

Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly, Chairman of the House Government Operations subcommittee, led a letter to House Appropriators in support of a 3.2% pay increase for federal employees. Connolly was joined by Representatives Anthony G. Brown, Peter A. DeFazio, Debbie Dingell, Bill Foster, Jesus G. “Chuy” Garcia, Jahana Hayes, Stephen F. Lynch, Carolyn B Maloney, Eleanor Holmes Norton,… Read more »

Today, the House passed the Global Health Security Act, bipartisan legislation offered by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and Congressman Steve Chabot (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation. The legislation, which previously passed the House in September 2020, emphasizes the… Read more »

On Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. ET, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, will hold a hearing entitled “Catalyst for Change:  State and Local IT After the Pandemic.”  State and local governments are on the frontlines of unprecedented events—like the coronavirus pandemic—and provide lifesaving information and… Read more »

Today, Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) led 70 members of Congress in sending a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to reverse the previous administration’s abandonment of bipartisan United States policy toward Israel and the Palestinians, including support for an eventual two-state solution.  In their letter, the members called on… Read more »

Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Congressman Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) in sending a bicameral letter to President Biden calling on him to extend the pause on federal student loan payments until at least March 31, 2022. During the coronavirus pandemic,… Read more »