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Disturbing Whistleblower Information Obtained by Committee Democrats Leads Ranking Member Connolly to Demand Investigation into DOGE’s Disruption of Social Security Operations, Collection of Americans’ Sensitive Data

April 17, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (April 17, 2025)—After obtaining multiple credible and disturbing whistleblower reports that DOGE is knowingly jeopardizing Social Security Administration (SSA) operations, putting Americans’ Social Security benefits at risk of delay, and compiling a “master database” of Americans’ most sensitive data that risks exposure and exfiltration, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Michelle L. Anderson, the Assistant Inspector General for Audit Performing the Duties of the Inspector General at the Social Security Administration (SSA), demanding an immediate investigation to stop further damage to the agency and prevent a disruption in benefits payments and/or massive and unprecedented data breach stemming directly from DOGE’s actions.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Administration Cybersecurity Social Security

Ranking Member Connolly Urges Trump Administration to Lift Costly, Illegal Pause on Issuing SSA Documentation to Legal Immigrants

April 17, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (April 17, 2025)—Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Social Security Administration (SSA) Acting Commissioner Leland Dudek urging SSA to reverse its pause on significant portions of the Enumeration-Beyond-Entry (EBE) program because the pause increases costs and decreases efficiency and potentially violates multiple federal laws.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Administration Immigration and Border Issues Social Security

Ranking Member Connolly’s Statement on President Trump’s Rushed Overhaul of Federal Acquisition Regulations

April 16, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (April 16, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued this statement following President Trump’s Executive Order instructing the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to rewrite the Federal Acquisitions Regulations

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Administration Federal Budget

Bombshell Reporting & Whistleblower Disclosure Lead Ranking Member Connolly to Demand Investigations into Musk Conflicts of Interest, DOGE Disruptions at NLRB and DOL

April 15, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (April 15, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Luiz A.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Administration Cybersecurity Ethics and Transparency

Ranking Members Connolly and Neal Demand Social Security Abandon Administration’s Plans to Make it More Difficult for Americans to Get Their Earned Benefits

April 15, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (April 15, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Richard E. Neal, Ranking Member of the Committee on Ways and Means, sent a letter to U.S.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Administration Social Security

Ranking Member Connolly, Vice Ranking Member Crockett, and Subcommittee Ranking Member Stansbury Raise Concerns About GSA’s “Fire Sale” of Federal Property

April 14, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (April 14, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Vice Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep.

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VIDEO: Oversight Democrats Launched 5 NEW Investigations This Week into Musk’s Rampant Conflicts of Interest

April 11, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (April 11, 2025)—This week, 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; Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs; Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Vice Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Rep. Stephen F.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Administration Ethics and Transparency Federal Workforce

Rep. Emily Randall and Ranking Member Connolly Spearhead Oversight Investigation Into Elon Musk’s Conflicts of Interest at the Department of Transportation

April 10, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (April 10, 2025)—Today, Rep. Emily Randall, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Judith S. Kaleta, Deputy General Counsel and Designated Agency Ethics Official at the Department of Transportation (DOT), requesting documents, information, and answers as to how DOT is ensuring Elon Musk is not exploiting the agency to enrich himself in violation of federal ethics rules.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Administration Ethics and Transparency Transportation

“This May Not Be Fixable” “People Will Die” Committee Democrats Condemn RFK Jr. and Trump-Musk Administration for Purging a Combined 1,000 Years of Expertise from the FDA

April 10, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (April 10, 2025)—Yesterday, Committee Democrats denounced the Trump Administration’s purge of thousands of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) workers and questioned witnesses on the wide range of ways such cuts endanger the health and safety of all Americans. Committee Republicans, on the other hand, leaned into conspiracies and attacked childhood vaccines.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Administration Federal Workforce Health Care

Rep. Lynch Introduces Resolution of Inquiry to Investigate Trump Officials’ Illegal Use of Insecure Communications for National Security Duties

April 9, 2025

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Washington, D.C. (April 9, 2025)—Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch led Committee Democrats in introducing a Resolution of Inquiry to investigate the Trump Administration’s illegal use of unsanctioned, insecure communications services and platforms for national security duties.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Administration Defense & National Security Ethics and Transparency

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