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Committee Democrats Demand Immediate Briefing from Trump Administration Officials Who Shared War Plans In An Unclassified Group Chat
March 26, 2025
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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 Member of the Subcommittee Military and Foreign Affairs, Rep. Stephen Lynch, and Rep. Robert Garcia led Committee Democrats in sending a letter to U.S.

Subcommittees
119th Congress
Issues: National Security Issues
Oversight Committee Democrats Vote to Protect Americans’ Benefits, Services, and Private Information, as Republicans Move to Bless Trump, Musk Dismantling of the Federal Government
March 26, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (March 25, 2025)— Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led Committee Democrats in supporting legislation forcing the Trump-Musk Administration to comply with requests for transparency on DOGE’s dark dealings in the federal government.  Committee Democrats also opposed Republican legislation to abdicate Congressional responsibility and grant fast-track authority to President Trump and Elon Musk’s plans to dismantle the federal government.

Subcommittees
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WATCH Rep. Stephen Lynch’s Opening Remarks at DOGE Subcommittee Hearing on Trump-Musk Efforts to Silence Free Speech
March 26, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (March 26, 2025) - Watch Rep. Stephen Lynch deliver his opening statement at today's Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency hearing on GOP attacks on public media and free speech. 

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Ranking Members Connolly and Frost Launch Investigation Into Trump Administration Officials Sharing War Plans in An Insecure Group Chat
March 25, 2025
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Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs, sent a letter to U.S. Vice President JD Vance, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio advising them to preserve records in accordance with the law as Committee Democrats launch an investigation into a catastrophic and confounding security breach, in which journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was included in a Signal group chat where the Trump Administration’s senior national security leaders discussed classified plans for a military strike on Houthi targets in Yemen.
Subcommittees
119th Congress
Issues: Administration Defense & National Security Ethics and Transparency
Subcommittee Ranking Member Mfume’s Remarks on Resolution of Inquiry into Trump and Musk’s Purge of Federal Workers
March 25, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (March 25, 2025)— Watch Subcommittee on Government Operations Ranking Member Mfume’s remarks on his Resolution of Inquiry to investigate the Trump-Musk Administration’s unprecedented attacks on federal workers and their efforts to embed political loyalists willing to turn a blind eye to corruption and grift.
Subcommittees
119th Congress
Issues: Administration Congress Ethics and Transparency Federal Workforce
Democratic Leaders Demand Reversal of Unlawful EEOC Commissioner Firings
March 25, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (March 25, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Workforce, and Rep.

Subcommittees
119th Congress
Issues: Federal Workforce
WATCH Ranking Member Connolly Rebuke Committee Republicans’ “Dismantling Government Act”
March 25, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (March 25, 2025). Below is Ranking Member Gerald E.

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Ranking Members Connolly, Smith, Meeks, Himes Demand Answers to Reports That Trump Nat Sec Team Leaked Military Plans
March 24, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (March 24, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the Committee on Armed Services, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence sent a letter to President Trump’s National Security team demanding answers to questions stemming from a report in The Atlantic that asserts the team texted sensitive and potentially classified information, including plans for the United States’ military action against Houthi targets on March 15th two hours before the operation, over an unclassified messaging app.
Subcommittees
119th Congress
Issues: Administration Defense & National Security
Ranking Members Connolly and Meeks Sound the Alarm on Rubio’s “Triple-Hatted” Appointment and Suspicious, Potentially Unlawful, Disposal of Agency Documents
March 24, 2025
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Washington, D.C. (March 24, 2025)— Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Gregory Meeks, Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is also concurrently serving as Acting Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Acting Archivist of the United States.
Subcommittees
119th Congress
Issues: Administration
TOMORROW: Markup of Oversight Democrats’ Resolutions of Inquiry on Musk Conflicts of Interest, Administration’s Attacks on Federal Workers; Markup of GOP’s “Dismantling Government Act”
March 24, 2025
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Washington D.C. (March 24, 2025)— Tomorrow, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will markup two Resolutions of Inquiry from Oversight Democrats as well as a bill introduced by Republican Chairman James Comer, H.R. 1295, the “Dismantling Government Act,” which would use the shell of a long-dormant statute as a Trojan Horse to give President Trump and Elon Musk the unprecedented, filibuster-proof authority they crave.
Subcommittees
119th Congress
Issues: Administration Congress DC
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