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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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May 15, 2020

Their priority is corporate liability. Ours is helping to save a nation. They say wait. Wait for what? The virus to stop spreading? It won't. Wait for another 36 million Americans to have to file for unemployment? Wait for another million…

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Apr 23, 2020

I don't know what my friend from Indiana is talking about. I do know this: Thank God the Democrats insisted that this bill help the small businesses intended to be supported. Too many big guys got supported over the little guys, and that…

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Mar 27, 2020

Americans are scared. We are in the midst of the worst public health pandemic in more than 100 years. Across our country, more than 85,000 Americans have now been touched by coronavirus, and more than one thousand lives have been lost…

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Mar 27, 2020

America is bleeding. America is in deep suffering and even deeper anxiety, and it counts on its Congress to respond with alacrity, thoughtfulness, and action. We have no time to dither. We have no time to engage in ideological or petty…

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Mar 11, 2020

Reining in the administration is the right thing to do until and unless we get answers and debate and intelligence provided to the legislative branch for justification as we move forward. The idea that we are not at war with Iran so it is…

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Mar 11, 2020

I thank my good friend, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and I thank my friend, the ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, for their good work. I understand we have a difference of opinion, and I do deeply respect…

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Mar 10, 2020

If you do not care about refugees for their own sake, for their humanity and their situation, you might want to care about it because of the spread of a viral, and I mean that in both senses, infectious disease that could affect you.

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Mar 10, 2020

I really think this is something that deserves some attention, although there is no press here at all.

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Mar 10, 2020

The President made patently false assertions, which Dr. Fauci corrected, about the development of the virus.

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Mar 10, 2020

We will not be lectured about politicization and all of your words and sanctimony will not cover up the fact that this Administration was not prepared for this crisis and it put lives at risk, American lives at risk.

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Mar 10, 2020

there are a lot of lessons to be learned from the Spanish influenza of 1918.

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Mar 9, 2020

My concern is that there are unwitting victims who trusted the United States and its allies for 20 years.

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Mar 9, 2020

Thank you. I share the sentiment of my friend from Florida, and that is what I am worried about.

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Mar 9, 2020

Half the population of Afghanistan are called women.

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Mar 3, 2020

This bill would give the President the ability to take into consideration Russia's violations to religious freedom.

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Mar 3, 2020

We are in the midst of what may very well turn out to be a pandemic, the coronavirus.

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Mar 3, 2020

We need to be prepared. We need to have a locus in the National Security Council in the White House that is charged with that responsibility.

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Mar 3, 2020

I think in retrospect that was an unwise move.

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Mar 3, 2020

I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your support, in particular, of the Global Health Security Act.

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Mar 3, 2020

To victims of sexual violence, we see your struggle. We hear your cries for help, and we stand in solidarity with you all.

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Mar 3, 2020

I support Chairman Deutch's House Res. 458, reaffirming the strong partnership between Tunisia and the United States.

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Mar 3, 2020

Marking up this bill today sends a strong and clear message to Moscow.

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Mar 3, 2020

I think the online marketplace potentially is an exciting concept and has a lot of potential making us more efficient, streamlining the process, save some money for taxpayers.

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Mar 3, 2020

Strike a blow for liberty. That is one.

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