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January 22, 2025

Washington, D.C. (January 22, 2025)—Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, urged Chairman James Comer to immediately investigate Donald Trump’s numerous conflicts of interest and stand by the principles of his Presidential Ethics Reform Act—a bill aimed at combatting presidential conflicts of interest. 

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January 20, 2025

Washington, D.C. (January 20, 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 Executive Orders that will politicize the civil service and help his billionaire friends at the expense of the American people:

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January 16, 2025
Washington, D.C. (January 16, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, along with Reps. Kweisi Mfume, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Don Bacon, reintroduced the Saving the Civil Service Act to protect the federal workforce from politicization and political manipulation.  The bipartisan legislation includes and builds on Ranking Member Connolly and Rep. Fitzpatrick’s Preventing a Patronage System Act, which passed the House in September 2022.  Ranking Member Connolly, Rep. Fitzpatrick, and Sen. Kaine previously introduced the legislation in the 118th Congress. Senator Tim Kaine introduced companion legislation in the U.S. Senate.
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Issues: Federal Budget

January 16, 2025
Washington, D.C. (January 16, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Brian Schatz reintroduced the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, a bill that would provide federal employees with a 4.3% pay increase in calendar year 2026.  Ranking Member Connolly and Sen. Schatz previously introduced similar legislation in the 115th, 116th, 117th, and 118th Congresses.
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January 16, 2025
Washington, D.C. (January 16, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, reintroduced the Equal COLA Act.  The legislation aims to bring equity to the way the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is determined under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).  Ranking Member Connolly previously introduced the legislation in the 116th, 117th, and 118th Congresses.
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January 16, 2025
Washington, D.C. (January 16, 2025)—Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led Committee Democrats in highlighting the need to properly fund and support the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) and other federal agencies’ efforts to provide essential services to the American people amid Committee Republican attacks. 
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January 15, 2025

Washington, D.C. (January 15, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced the members of the Committee for the 119th Congress:

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Issues: Administration

January 15, 2025

Washington, D.C. (January 15, 2025)—Below is Ranking Member Gerald E. Connolly’s opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s Committee hearing on telework.
 

 

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January 15, 2025

Washington, D.C. (January 15, 2025)— Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a statement urging Committee Republicans to focus the Committee’s efforts on assessing whether federal agencies are getting the American people what they want, need, and deserve rather than using federal telework policies as a scapegoat for their failure to invest in an effective and efficient federal government as they do in their recent report.

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January 13, 2025
Washington, D.C. (January 13, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to reports that Trump transition team officials are questioning National Security Council career civil servants about who they voted for in the 2024 election, their political contributions, and their social media activity.
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