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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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January 9, 2025

Washington, D.C. (January 9, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, requesting an in camera review of Volume Two of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report on President Trump’s and his associates’ willful mishandling of classified documents.


January 7, 2025

Washington, D.C. (January 7, 2025)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after a judge temporarily blocked the release of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on President-elect Trump’s mishandling of classified documents:


December 30, 2024
Washington, D.C. (December 30, 2024)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, released the following statement regarding the Committee Democrats’ activity in the second session of the 118th Congress:

December 19, 2024
Washington, D.C. (December 19, 2024)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, and Rep. Summer Lee are demanding answers from the Texas Department of State Health Services after the state’s maternal mortality committee decided not to review pregnancy-related deaths between 2022 and 2023—the period after Texas imposed a strict abortion ban.  The Members raised concerns that the state is abandoning this data review as fewer Texas women have access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare in the wake of the state’s abortion ban, and amid public reporting on several tragic and preventable maternal deaths in Texas.
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Issues: Health Care

December 18, 2024

Washington, D.C. (December 18, 2024)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, issued the following statement after reporting revealed that U.S.

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