Foreign Policy

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement on reports that President Trump asked former FBI Director Comey to drop the FBI's investigation into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn: “The latest Trump revelation is prima facie evidence of obstruction. The time for a Special Prosecutor is immediate and urgent.” Read more »

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement on reports that President Trump released classified information to the Russians during a recent Oval Office visit: "This is a crisis of great magnitude. President Trump's reckless leak of classified information to the Russians will put lives at grave risk and alienate allies and friends. We have a problem in the White House." Read more »

Today, all 34 Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the House Committee on the Judiciary sent a detailed letter to their respective Republican Chairmen outlining their demand for an immediate investigation into the actions of President Donald Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and top White House aides: “We are writing to request that the… Read more »

Richard Reeve On Capitol Hill Wednesday, everyone is talking about the president firing FBI Director James Comey. One of the big headlines today is that the Senate intelligence committee has invited Comey to an interview, a closed-door meeting next Tuesday. Many are calling for appointing a special prosecutor to look into this as well. Normally that appointment would be made by… Read more »

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) released the following statement on President Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey: "President Trump fires FBI Director Comey in the midst of his investigation into Trump aides coordinating with Russia to interfere with our election. If it were about previous misjudgements, this would have happened in January. Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein… Read more »

U.S. Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Peter J. Roskam (R-IL), Mike Kelly (R-PA), and Ami Bera (D-CA), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Korea, released the following statement on the election of Moon Jae-in as President of the Republic of Korea: “We extend our sincere congratulations to President-Elect Moon Jae-in and wish him and his administration well in the months and… Read more »

Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Korea, delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 1644, the Korean Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act. Connolly recently returned from visiting the Korean Demilitarized Zone.     “I rise today in support of H.R. 1644, the Korean Interdiction and Modernization of… Read more »

William Mauldin and Jonathan Cheng President Donald Trump’s call to rewrite—or rip up—a trade agreement with South Korea is alarming some lawmakers and business lobbyists still unnerved by threats earlier this week to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement. White House officials said Friday that Mr. Trump is dissatisfied with the five-year-old trade deal with one of… Read more »

by Dave Emke — April 24, 2017 As the federal government inches closer to a possible shutdown at the end of the week, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) says the local economy would be severely affected if no agreement is found. “As we witnessed during the 2013 Republican government shutdown, Northern Virginia’s economy would be significantly affected. That 16-day shutdown cost nearly $24… Read more »

Billy House and Anna Edgerton There may be only one way for Speaker Paul Ryan to avoid a government shutdown: Ask his Democratic counterpart, Nancy Pelosi, for help. The problem is, the two don’t have much history of deal-making together. They don’t even know each other that well. But after spending weeks trying -- so far unsuccessfully -- to ram through legislation to undo… Read more »