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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.

Quotes by year · 2007–20254,134 total · peak 2019 (477)
2007: 1 quote2009: 103 quotes2010: 15 quotes2011: 329 quotes2012: 292 quotes2013: 285 quotes2014: 331 quotes2015: 402 quotes2016: 397 quotes2017: 326 quotes2018: 192 quotes2019: 477 quotes2020: 211 quotes2021: 134 quotes2022: 140 quotes2023: 317 quotes2024: 143 quotes2025: 39 quotes
Apr 4, 2022

I am a proud original co-sponsor of this legislation that would prevent the new purchase of gas-guzzling vehicle fleets for the Postal Service.

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Apr 4, 2022

Electric vehicle offers an opportunity to address multiple challenges at once.

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Apr 4, 2022

Russia's recent unprovoked and devastating war against Ukraine underscores the urgency of eliminating our reliance on fossil fuels.

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Apr 4, 2022

President Biden has made a clear and stated goal of electrifying the Federal fleet and I fully support his commitment.

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Apr 4, 2022

This moment is a once in a generation opportunity to take electric vehicle technology... to the next level with the second-largest vehicle fleet in America and to do so through union labor.

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Apr 4, 2022

As co-chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environmental Coalition, I remain committed to partnering with President Biden to realize his long-term goal of running a Federal fleet on 100 percent clean power.

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Mar 30, 2022

We need to be looking at every level of improper payments. It is not just fraud.

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Mar 30, 2022

We can and must do better to enhance program integrity in the Federal Government and ensuring Federal assistance goes to everyone Congress intended to receive it and nobody we didn't.

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Mar 30, 2022

Government programs can combat waste, fraud, and abuse while they save and improve lives.

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Feb 28, 2022

It is kind of interesting to hear my friend refer to the economy as 'booming.'

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Feb 28, 2022

I am proud of the investments we made, but I, like the chairwoman, and I hope all members of this committee, want to know what did we get right and what did we get wrong.

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Feb 28, 2022

Criticism of President Biden is fascinating to listen to if you want to forget that his predecessor, Donald Trump, was advocating drinking Clorox as a possible solution to the virus.

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Feb 28, 2022

I am disappointed that my Republican colleagues continue to make misleading claims about the Biden Administration's response to the pandemic.

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Feb 17, 2022

No one is above the law. GSA should not be in the neighborhood to enrich Donald Trump in clearly falsification of documents in ways of financial falsification evaluation and falsification of income, and he`s engaged in all three and it…

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Feb 17, 2022

The House Oversight Committee wrote to the federal agency that manages Trump`s lease on his D.C. hotel and said they should consider canceling the lease.

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Feb 16, 2022

The time has come for a much stronger statement than just condemning atrocities.

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Feb 16, 2022

The situation in Myanmar is grave. The violence, the brutality exercised by the military junta is deplorable.

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Feb 8, 2022

I represent Tysons Corner. When we built the Silver Line, through Tysons, we have 17,000 people who live in Tysons.

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Feb 8, 2022

Thank you for your ongoing commitment and support to the Nation's Subway.

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Feb 8, 2022

When we need to ensure that there is proper investments in Metro, money alone, as we all know, won't solve the problem.

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Feb 8, 2022

The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that we just passed that was signed into law last year will ensure that Metro receives an annual contribution of $150 million.

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Feb 8, 2022

This subcommittee has a long record of sustained oversight of the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority.

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Feb 8, 2022

It is absolutely essential, but it won't be the only solution.

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