Federal Employees

Jason Miller House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members are frustrated and disappointed with the General Services Administration’s explanation about why it decided to reverse six years of effort and build the FBI’s new headquarters on its existing site. Reps. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and… Read more »

Daniel J. Sernovitz House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pushed back Thursday morning against the federal government's surprise recommendation to abandon a yearslong effort to shift the FBI's headquarters from downtown D.C. in favor of building a new home for the agency on the site of its current one. In a sometimes heated subcommittee hearing, Reps. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., and… Read more »

Tom Fitzgerald Some of the largest federal worker unions say they will fight President Donald Trump's efforts to reform the federal workforce. During a massive rally on Capitol Hill Wednesday, government workers demanded a raise and said Trump’s budget proposal demonizes them. This is partially about pay and partially about… Read more »

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Congressman Gerry Connolly, D-Va., about his committee's investigation into Rob Porter, the former White House staff secretary who resigned over accusations of domestic violence. https://www.npr.org/2018/02/14/585841133/democratic-rep-gerry-connolly-weighs-in-on-investigation-into-rob-porter Read more »

Today, Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) sent a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Acting Director Mick Mulvaney requesting his response to recent reports that the Bureau is slowing down or ending its investigation into the September 2017 data breach of Equifax, one of the nation’s largest consumer credit reporting agencies. The breach exposed the… Read more »

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement on the Trump administration’s budget proposal that would cut the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act (PRIIA) funding from $150 million to $120 million: “I am beyond disappointed that the Trump administration chose to cut funding for Metro in its FY2019 budget. Especially, at a time when most of our area… Read more »

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement after the General Services Administration (GSA) and FBI released a report recommending that the FBI headquarters remain at their current site: “What an immense waste of time and resources. The only thing missing from this announcement was an apology. An apology to Virginia and Maryland for the time they spent… Read more »

Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. David N. Cicilline, the Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform,… Read more »

Today, during a business meeting of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Republican Committee Members blocked all consideration of requests to debate and vote on 13 motions for subpoenas for critical documents that are currently being withheld by the White House, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department… Read more »

Today, Rep. Elijah. E. Cummings and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Ranking Member and Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter requesting that Chairman Trey Gowdy place 13 motions for subpoenas on the agenda for the Committee’s upcoming business meeting on February 6, 2018. For each request, Cummings, Connolly, and other Committee… Read more »