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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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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 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 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 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 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 thank Chairwoman Maloney for her leadership, as well as Ranking Member Comer. I am also proud as an original cosponsor of this bill and as the chairman of the subcommittee with jurisdiction over postal issues. This bill contains…

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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

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

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Feb 8, 2022

As our problems are new, we must think anew and act anew.

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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

We cannot and we will not give up on Metro.

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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

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

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Jan 19, 2022

I look forward to working with you and Ms. Mace on your legislation as well.

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Jan 18, 2022

this 15-percent threshold, I think, too many people seems very arbitrary.

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Jan 18, 2022

I commend the chairwoman for having this hearing and for updating us on what, if any, progress has been achieved.

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Jan 18, 2022

I mean to me, this was one of the most self-inflicted wounds any great power could ever administer to itself.

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Jan 18, 2022

So again, let me just interpret what I am hearing you say. So, you are taking direct issue with Theresa Hull and her assertion that you only complied with two of the 26 requests.

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Jan 18, 2022

What is a country like, for example, Vietnam to do absent the protective umbrella TPP would have provided?

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Jan 18, 2022

Dr. Stein, the question is really simple. You just heard Theresa Hull say that out of 26 documentation requests, you only complied with two of them. Why is that?

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Jan 10, 2022

The fact that it took 12 years to update FISMA, you know, and another seven years to have a hearing about it, I don't think speaks well about the legislative branch and the priorities we put on information technology and its security.

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Jan 10, 2022

Everything we do sits on an IT platform, and yet the lack of awareness of that by Members of Congress... was--you know, told us we still have a lot of work to do in educating ourselves and our colleagues about the criticality of IT.

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