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Gerry Edward Connolly is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Virginia's 11th congressional district since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Connolly has focused on various issues including government accountability, environmental protection, and healthcare reform. He has served on several committees, including the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, where he has been involved in investigations and legislation related to federal oversight and transparency.
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, add the following section: SEC. 6. PROTECTION FROM RESPIRATORY AND CARDIOVASCULAR…
My colleague, whom I respect, said that we're losing jobs because of this onerous regulation. I'm just wondering if my colleague has any data on how many jobs were lost in the last 40 years due to the Clean Air Act--net.
It strikes me, based on our analysis in terms of per billion dollars of contract dollars, you have a much higher debarment and suspension rate than does DOD.
This congressional session is not even a year old and the Republican leadership has already tried to pass more than 125 anti-environmental bills, amendments, and riders. They started by attacking public health standards to reduce carbon…
If you want to prevent abortions, this is what we should be doing. And that is exactly what UNFPA does.
I think we need to really be careful as we move this bill forward so that we do not compromise the objectives...
Picking on the UNFPA as an easy target, irrespective of the fact that its record is clean, and what it is doing to protect women and women's health is essential.
We are about, in passing this bill, to turn our back on all of that progress because of a political issue that I think does not hold up under scrutiny.
So it is convenient to cite a 2008 report, but not convenient to cite a 2009 report. Is that correct?
A human rights violation is a human rights violation, irrespective of status.
Fistula can be completely repaired up to 90 percent of the time if survivors have access to a trained surgeon.
It's estimated that more than 2 million young women live with untreated obstetric fistula in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa alone.
Rather than lobbing another grenade in our culture wars, this committee should be working to strengthen maternal mortality prevention efforts.
the State Department in the last administration... found, 'no evidence, no evidence that UNFPA has knowingly supported or participated in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization in the People's…
I commend my colleagues, Mr. Smith of New Jersey and the ranking member, Mr. Berman of California, for introducing H.R. 2830.
This is nothing short of a smear campaign against an international organization of which we are a member that promotes and protects the health of women and their children all over the world.
How many different jobs could be created if America just had more snakes? venom specialists? animal control? mongoose peddler? I only ask because, in the face of stagnating job growth, Republican leadership in the House Oversight…
Do not hold UNFPA responsible for what a sovereign country does, as obnoxious as it is, unless you have an allegation of advocacy and support that has not yet been presented.
Please think about how all of us felt when that devastating earthquake took place.
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