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Gerry Connolly

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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.

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Jul 26, 2022

What are we to take from that message, Mr. Busse?

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Jul 26, 2022

we will not be threatened with violence and bloodshed because we want reasonable gun control.

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Jul 26, 2022

I would suggest to you, respectfully, the answer is no. But all right. If a child uses one of those guns to shoot a friend or a sibling, are you or your company liable?

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Jul 26, 2022

I heard the gentleman from Louisiana say that blood would be on our hands if we attempted to pass legislation...

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Jul 20, 2022

This morning, I introduced an updated version of the Chai Suthammanont Act, seeking to codify safety procedures for the Federal workforce across the board.

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Jul 20, 2022

I implore the Administration, however, to implement a 5.1 percent pay raise consistent with the FAIR Act I introduced earlier this year.

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Jul 20, 2022

Our expert civil service is a crown jewel. Protections are warranted.

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Jul 20, 2022

Actions to remove those protections threaten the civil service and, I believe, the foundations of democratic society.

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Jul 13, 2022

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title LVIII add the following: SEC. __. ART IN EMBASSIES. Section 5112(c) of the…

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Jul 13, 2022

This bipartisan amendment is the Preventing a Patronage System Act, H.R. 302, which was reported from the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and which also passed the House as Title 12 of the Protecting Our Democracy Act. The…

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Jul 13, 2022

The intolerance we just heard, referring to this amendment as ridiculous, coupled with the admission by the gentleman from Tennessee that he wants congressional review so that it is zero. Art is a powerful tool fighting war. Look at…

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Jul 13, 2022

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of title LVII of division E the following: SEC. __. LIMITATIONS ON EXCEPTION OF…

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Jul 12, 2022

Show me in the Constitution where the founders in writing the Constitution granted the right to the Supreme Court to review and nullify legislation passed by the Congress or any other legislative body in America.

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Jul 12, 2022

Ruth Bader Ginsburg... upheld Roe v. Wade during the entirety of her time in the Supreme Court.

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Jul 12, 2022

I thank the distinguished chairwoman and Mr. Keller, my colleague and friend from Pennsylvania, for their leadership on H.R. 7337, the Access for Veterans to Records Act. The Access for Veterans to Records Act will help provide the…

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Jul 12, 2022

With respect to women with this decision, it is a pretty fundamental restriction on their bodies and what they can do with them.

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Jul 12, 2022

I thank my friend, the chairwoman of the full committee, and my friend, Mr. Keller from Pennsylvania, for their strong support for righting a wrong. Federal firefighters and law enforcement officers put their lives on the line every day…

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Jul 12, 2022

How did that work out for us? It led directly to the Civil War, directly, because it overturned the Compromise of 1850.

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Jun 24, 2022

I thank the distinguished chairman who has done so much on this issue for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of S. 2938, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. More than 15 years ago, I was chairman of Fairfax County when the…

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Jun 21, 2022

There's a lot of chutzpah coming from the other side of the aisle.

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Jun 21, 2022

You're committing now to release that report?

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Jun 21, 2022

Mr. Snyder paid lots of attention in ordering executives to fire cheerleaders who fraternized with players.

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Jun 21, 2022

Virtually every victim we've met with in our roundtable... have called for the release of the report.

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Jun 21, 2022

We've also now learned that there are at least two sexual assault allegations about him personally.

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Jun 21, 2022

I'm not going to be lectured by those folks telling us about our dereliction of duty and oversight.

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