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Ranking Members Connolly and Mfume Demand Answers from Postal Board of Governors on Sudden Departure of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and Shady DOGE Agreement

March 31, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (March 31, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Kweisi Mfume, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to Amber F. McReynolds, Chair of the United States Postal Service’s Board of Governors (the Governors), escalating Congress’s concerns that DOGE is attempting to actively undermine the stability and integrity of the Postal Service.

Issues: Administration Ethics and Transparency Postal Service

After Exit of Top Vaccine Official, Ranking Member Connolly Demands HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Reverse His Vaccination Suppression Efforts

March 29, 2025

Press Release

Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), demanding he immediately resume the agency’s core function to make available recommended vaccines following the shocking resignation of the nation’s top F.D.A. vaccination official and HHS’s cancellation of vaccine advisory committee planning and grants for life-saving vaccine research.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Health Care

Ranking Member Connolly and Senator Kaine Rebuke DOGE’s Plans to Illegally Dissolve USAID

March 28, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (March 28, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the State Department officially notified Congress of its plans to illegally dissolve the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), fire all USAID employees, and absorb the agency into the State Department.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Administration Federal Workforce

Ranking Members Connolly and Scott’s Statement on Trump Destroying Union Rights

March 28, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (March 28, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Bobby Scott, Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Workforce, issued the following statement on President Trump’s union busting Executive Order:

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Federal Workforce

Committee Democrats Demand Multifront Investigation Into Exposure of Classified Information In Unsecure Signal Chat

March 27, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (March 27, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Department of Defense Acting Inspector General Steven Stebbins; Department of State Acting Inspector General Sandra J. Lewis; Department of the Treasury Deputy Inspector General Loren Sciurba; Central Intelligence Agency Acting Inspector General Robert Host; and Counsel to the President David Warrington requesting a full and immediate investigation following two reports published in The Atlantic this week that revealed several members of the National Security Council and the White House Cabinet discussed classified plans for a military operation in Yemen in a group chat on the Signal messaging application that included The Atlantic reporter Jeffrey Goldberg.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Administration Defense & National Security Ethics and Transparency

Ranking Member Connolly’s Statement on Mass Firings at HHS

March 27, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (March 27, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement after U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he would be eliminating 10,000 employees in the Trump Administration’s latest attack on the civil service.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Administration Federal Workforce Health Care

Task Force Ranking Member Robert Garcia Introduces Resolution of Inquiry to Find Out if DOGE Has Security Clearance

March 27, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (March 27, 2025)—Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, led Committee Democrats in introducing a Resolution of Inquiry to investigate whether Elon Musk and DOGE affiliates actually have security clearances.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Administration Ethics and Transparency Security Clearances

Ranking Member Connolly, Rep. Fallon, Rep. McClain Delaney, and Chairwoman Mace Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Streamline and Improve Federal Software Purchasing

March 27, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (March 27, 2025)— Today, Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Congressman Pat Fallon (R-TX), Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (D-MD), and Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, introduced the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets (SAMOSA) Act.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: Administration Cybersecurity

While Republicans Fret Over Self-Image, Subcommittee Democrats Call Out GOP Attacks on Children’s Programs and Free Speech

March 27, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (March 27, 2025)—At a hearing in the Subcommittee on Delivering for Government Efficiency (DOGE), Rep. Stephen Lynch led Committee Democrats in defending Mr. Rogers and early childhood education from Trump and Musk attacks while dismissing pathetic Republican grievances about their coverage in the free press.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Delivering on Government Efficiency (119th Congress)

Issues: Federal Budget

Committee Democrats Urge Chairman Comer to Schedule a Hearing About Reckless Unauthorized Disclosure of Classified Information

March 26, 2025

Press Release

Washington, D.C. (March 26, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, Ranking of the Subcommittee on the Military and Foreign Affairs, Rep. Stephen Lynch, and Rep.

Subcommittees

119th Congress

Issues: National Security Issues

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