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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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Mar 17, 2021

My amendment would strengthen the Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights by providing survivors the right to be informed of the status and location of their sexual assault evidence collection kit. The Survivors' Bill of Rights was…

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Mar 17, 2021

the unbelievable and despicable murder of my constituent, an American resident, Jamal Khashoggi, and the dismemberment of it, and the word impunity comes to mind.

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Mar 17, 2021

we cannot be afraid to speak truth to our partners and we cannot sacrifice American values.

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Mar 17, 2021

the United States needs to approach this relationship with boldness and fortitude.

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Mar 17, 2021

we must always ensure human rights are at the forefront of our foreign policy.

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Mar 17, 2021

the brutal murder of Khashoggi...was a rebuke to the values for which America stands.

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Mar 17, 2021

I think, for decades has operated with impunity with respect to the United States relationship.

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Mar 11, 2021

There is clearly a lot of work to be done and we are going to need to stay focused on Haiti.

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Mar 11, 2021

It is a priority of mine that we work to elevate the voices of civil society who want democracy and the rule of law.

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Mar 11, 2021

We have to have free and fair elections that involves everyone.

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Mar 11, 2021

The Haitian people must have confidence in an election.

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Mar 10, 2021

I thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I will remind my friend on the other side of the aisle, the God-given right every one of us has, according to the Declaration of Independence, is life, and that is what we are arguing about here…

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Mar 3, 2021

This bill isn't about what we just heard. This bill is a moment of potential redemption for a country riven by racial division, riven by a history of racism going back to slavery, the Reconstruction era, post-Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the…

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Mar 1, 2021

the new President recommended $10 billion, $9 billion of which would go to the Technology Modernization Fund precisely to serve as sort of seed capital and the catalyst to retire those legacy systems, some of which are 40 and 50 years old…

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Feb 24, 2021

I believe in the power of truth and facts. And I believe calling out their fabrications, their alternate reality that is delusional and deliberately designed to persuade people to believe what they say, not what they see and know -- which…

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Feb 24, 2021

All the gaslighting that we just heard does not change facts. I didn`t vote to overturn an election. And I will not be lectured by people who did about partisanship.

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Feb 24, 2021

It was Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, who was planting the idea aided and abetted by disruptive changes proposed by a new postmaster general and a compliant board of governors that actually eroded the public confidence in the…

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Feb 24, 2021

I will not be lectured by people who did about partisanship.

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Feb 23, 2021

Certainly, I believe there ought to be a thorough examination of his behavior and his actions that led to the disruption and delay of mail.

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Feb 23, 2021

But I think there are a lot of Republicans from rural America who most certainly do care, because of the very point you just made.

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Feb 23, 2021

You fool around with that at your own peril politically.

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Feb 22, 2021

I've heard nothing but complaint about the way that the last administration undermined the Federal workforce at every turn.

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Feb 22, 2021

Thank God, that President Biden has overturned the executive order, but I hope to engage you, Mr. Hoyer, in codifying the legislative role.

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Feb 22, 2021

Eighty percent of the employees--of the voters in my district did not vote for the outgoing President.

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