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Oversight Democrats Demand Investigation Into Trump Official’s Purposeful Deletion of Federal Records in Signal Chat, A Violation of Federal Law
April 2, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (April 2, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent letters to Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard requesting documents and information regarding the Trump Administration officials’ violation of federal law by failing to preserve the communications exchanged in the now-infamous March 15, 2025, Signal chat that included likely classified national security information. 
Subcommittees
119th Congress
Issues: Administration Cybersecurity Defense & National Security National Security Issues
At Hearing on Securing America’s Phones, Republicans Defend Trump Officials Sharing Military Plans on Signal and Gmail
April 2, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (April 2, 2025)— Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Military and Foreign Affairs, led Subcommittee Democrats in rebuking the Trump Administration’s use of an insecure phone app and personal Gmail accounts to share likely classified and highly sensitive information. 
Subcommittees
119th Congress
Military and Foreign Affairs (119th Congress)
Issues: Administration Cybersecurity Defense & National Security
Ranking Member Suhas Subramanyam’s Opening Remarks at Subcommittee Hearing on Securing America’s Telecommunications
Ranking Member Connolly Calls on SSA Acting Commissioner Dudek to Resign After Emails Expose Retaliation Against the People of Maine
April 2, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (April 2, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) Acting Commissioner Leland Dudek calling on him to immediately resign and to come before the Committee for a transcribed interview.
Subcommittees
119th Congress
Issues: Administration Social Security
First Signal, Now Gmail: Oversight Democrats Launch Investigation into Waltz and Staff’s Use of Personal Gmail for Sensitive Government Work
April 1, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (April 1, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E.

Subcommittees
119th Congress
Task Force Ranking Member Garcia’s Opening Remarks at Hearing on The JFK Files
April 1, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (April 1, 2025)— Below is Ranking Member Robert Garcia’s opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets hearing on the Trump Administration’s botched rollout of documents that exposed the identities and even social security numbers of those involved in investigating the assassination of JFK.
Subcommittees
119th Congress
Task Force on Declassification of Federal Secrets (119th Congress)
Issues: Administration Congress
DOGE Subcommittee Ranking Member Stansbury Introduces Resolution of Inquiry into DOGE’s Unsanctioned Use of Government Data and AI
April 1, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (April 1, 2025)—Today, Rep. Melanie Stansbury, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee Committee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, led Committee Democrats in introducing a Resolution of Inquiry to investigate DOGE’s unsanctioned use of government data and artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on American privacy and national security.
Subcommittees
119th Congress
Issues: Administration Artificial Intelligence Ethics and Transparency
Ranking Member Connolly Requests Transcribed Interviews with Members of the “Houthi PC small group” Signal Chat
April 1, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (April 1, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent letters to non-principal agency officials involved in the unsecured Signal group chat in which senior Trump Administration officials discussed highly sensitive, likely classified plans for a military operation in Yemen using unapproved and unlawful communication methods, unknowingly included The Atlantic reporter Jeffrey Goldberg in those discussions, and endangered the lives of American servicemembers involved in the operation.
Subcommittees
119th Congress
Issues: Administration Cybersecurity Defense & National Security Ethics and Transparency
Subcommittee Ranking Member Frost’s Opening Remarks at Hearing on Trump’s Efforts to Rush AI Without Guardrails
April 1, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (April 1, 2025). Below is Ranking Member Maxwell Alejandro Frost's opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today's Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs hearing on the costs associated with powering AI data centers, including costs to people's civil rights and health, the economy, the environment. 
 

Subcommittees
119th Congress
Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs (119th Congress)
Issues: Economy & Jobs Energy & Environment
Subcommittee Democrats Launch Investigation Into Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Lackluster Response to Bird Flu Outbreak
April 1, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (April 1, 2025)—Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Emily Randall, Rep. Lateefah Simon, and Rep. Wesley Bell sent a letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of the U.S.

Subcommittees
119th Congress
Health Care and Financial Services (119th Congress)
Issues: Health Care
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