Good Government

Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to President Trump requesting substantive documentation regarding Elon Musk’s formal role within the Trump Administration following the President’s direct contradiction of a sworn statement by a White House official that Mr. Musk is not a part of the U.S. DOGE… 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, and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs, wrote a letter to Marco Rubio, Acting Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), requesting documents and information on the Trump-Musk effort to freeze foreign… 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, Rep. Shontel Brown, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, and Rep. Yassamin Ansari led all Committee Democrats in sending a letter to Deputy Inspectors General Sciurba, Vint, Erickson, Shoemaker, and Rocque and Inspector… Read more »

Below is Ranking Member Gerald E. Connolly’s opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s Committee hearing on President Trump and Elon Musk’s dangerous efforts to dismantle the federal workforce.  Given concerning recent reports of Elon Musk’s efforts to infiltrate and eviscerate government agencies, Ranking Member Connolly called for the subpoena of Mr. Musk to testify… 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 »