Press Releases

Ranking Member Connolly’s Statement on Committee Republicans’ Upcoming Hearing on Trump’s Cruel, Lawless Immigration Agenda

May 6, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (May 6, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after Chairman James Comer and Committee Republicans announced a second hearing on the Trump Administration’s extremist and cruel immigration agenda:

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Congress Immigration and Border Issues

Ranking Members Connolly, Stansbury and Equality Caucus Co-Chair Randall Lead Oversight Democrats in Blasting Chairman Comer for Ignoring White House Corruption & Chaos and Using the First Subpoena of 119th Congress to Target…the Volunteer Chair of U.S. F

May 5, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (May 5, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Melanie Stansbury, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, and Rep.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Delivering on Government Efficiency (119th Congress)

Issues: Congress

Ranking Member Connolly’s Statement on President Trump’s 2026 Budget Proposal

May 2, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (May 2, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s FY2026 budget proposal which slashes funding for vital programs to feed tax giveaways for billionaires.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Administration Federal Budget

Ranking Member Connolly, Rep. Trahan Demand Answers on DOGE’s Alleged Privacy Act Violations and Data Risks at NLRB

May 1, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Lori Trahan, who previously announced an effort to update the Privacy Act of 1974 to better protect Americans’ sensitive data, demanded information from the National Labor Relations Board regarding potential violations of federal privacy laws by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Administration Cybersecurity Ethics and Transparency

Ranking Member Connolly Opposes OPM’s Scheme to Purge and Politicize the Federal Workforce

May 1, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2025)—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 (OPM), opposing OPM’s plan to strip civil servants of protections to escalate the Administration’s political purge of the civil service.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Administration Ethics and Transparency Federal Workforce

Committee Democrats Demand Elon Musk’s SF-86 and Other Background Investigation Documents to Examine his Conflicts of Interest and Liabilities, Including Ties to China and Russia

May 1, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Ethics and Transparency

Oversight Democrats Escalate Investigation into Elon Musk’s Conflicts of Interest and Demand Mr. Musk’s Financial Disclosure

May 1, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Ethics and Transparency

Oversight Democrats Rail Against Republican Bill to Betray Americans, Offer 25 Commonsense Amendments

April 30, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (April 30, 2025)— Rep. Stephen F.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

100 Days of Corruption: Oversight Democrats Highlight 100 Conflicts of Interest as President Trump Clears the Path for Corruption

April 30, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (April 30, 2025)— To mark the 100th day of President Trump’s second term, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a (non-exhaustive) list of one hundred conflicts of interest—from crypto schemes to federal handouts to his billionaire buddy Elon Musk—all just within its first 100 days.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Administration Ethics and Transparency

Rep. Stephen F. Lynch’s Opening Remarks at Full Committee Markup of Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill

April 30, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (April 30, 2025). Below is Rep. Stephen F.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Administration