Federal Employees

Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a memo to the heads of federal agencies ordering them to develop “Agency Reorganization Plans” to prepare for “large-scale reductions in force” by March 13,… Read more »

Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led more than 100 House Democrats in sending a  letter to the heads of the 24 CFO Act federal agencies, demanding they immediately clarify to their agencies that federal employees do not have to respond to Elon Musk’s ill-conceived, reckless email and that nonresponse does… Read more »

Today, Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA), David Valadao (R-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), and Don Bacon (R-NE) reintroduced the Federal Retirement Fairness Act, bipartisan legislation to address a gap for federal employees who began their careers as temporary workers and were thus unable to make retirement contributions. The FRFA will allow these workers to make catch-up contributions… Read more »

Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Charles Ezell, Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management, demanding a clarification that nonresponse to the “What did you do last week?” email that was sent to all federal workers today does not constitute resignation and a clarification that… Read more »

Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement in response to reports of a Trump-Musk order to fire hundreds of thousands of public servants: “When you see government as your opportunity to turn a profit, you will never serve the public good. This mindless approach to slashing the federal workforce… Read more »

Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement in response to President Trump’s executive order calling for the widespread, indiscriminate, and likely illegal mass firing of government workers as Trump and Elon Musk continue to raid taxpayer-funded government programs and services: “This is a… Read more »

Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a statement following the Senate’s party-line vote to confirm Russell Vought—a lead architect of Project 2025—as Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): “Despite Mr. Vought’s recent orchestration of the illegal, chaotic, and damaging funding freeze, Senate… Read more »

Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Shontel Brown, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, sent a letter to Acting Director Charles Ezell of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) expressing their concern regarding numerous reports that Elon Musk and… Read more »

Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Representatives Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary… Read more »

Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led all Committee Democrats in sending a letter to President Donald Trump, demanding the President cease his purge of nonpartisan civil servants, including career professionals and independent government watchdogs.  This action comes after repeated outrageous attacks by the… Read more »