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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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Jun 18, 2019

I mean my experience, frankly, is that physicians are all too ready to prescribe opioids, and look at you kind of funny as a patient if you object.

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Jun 11, 2019

I think the walls are collapsing on Mr. Trump, and I think he's helping the process, ironically, with comments like he made today. So I think there's almost an inexorable move toward impeachment.

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Jun 3, 2019

And, obviously, many of us pretty strongly disagree with your interpretation. In fact, we argue it's unique, misguided, and certainly misinterprets the law.

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Jun 3, 2019

As a manager, Chairman Kiko has earned a failing grade from the employees of the Authority itself.

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Jun 3, 2019

The Trump administration has made no attempt to disguise its hostility toward collective bargaining, unions, and Federal service labor laws.

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Jun 3, 2019

Persistent vacancies in the top position in the FLRA's Office of General Counsel have also allowed a backlog of more than 200 documented violations of Federal labor law to go unaddressed or unresolved.

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Jun 3, 2019

This single act reveals, I think, a personal and disqualifying anti-union bias.

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Jun 3, 2019

Much like the President who appointed this Chairman, the FLRA Chairman has exhibited unprecedented anti-union bias.

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Jun 3, 2019

A Federal judge struck down key provisions of those executive orders, finding that they were, quote, 'an improper exercise of the President's statutory authority.'

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Jun 3, 2019

The statutory protection of the right of employees to organize, bargain collectively, and participant through labor organizations of their own choosing in decisions which affect them safeguards the public interests.

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Jun 3, 2019

You disagree with that legal opinion?

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Jun 3, 2019

I interpret the law quite differently than you do.

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May 27, 2019

These figures should alarm each and everyone but, more importantly, should focus the efforts of the state of New York, the city of New York, community-based organizations on where the emphasis in a get-out-the-count effort ought to be.

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May 27, 2019

The prospect of an undercount could affect the political dynamics of the United States throughout the next decade.

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May 27, 2019

The Census is about money and power.

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May 27, 2019

Non-Hispanic white communities are very likely to be over counted, meaning wealthier white communities receive more than their fair share of resources and representation.

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May 27, 2019

The undercount--for example, in 2010 the black population had the highest net undercount and omission rate of any major race in the United States.

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May 21, 2019

They exploit veterans all the time. I could give you, in my own experience, a gazillion examples.

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May 21, 2019

The issue isn't who put their lives on the line. The issue is the infusion of money that is contributing to the problem.

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May 21, 2019

The ubiquity of this technology strikes me. Maybe we have already kind of mostly lost this battle.

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May 21, 2019

I believe the cuts announced by the Department of State in March are short-sighted and counterproductive.

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May 21, 2019

I have seen firsthand in my trips to the region that our programs have been effective in reducing violence and poverty in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.

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May 21, 2019

I am a strong supporter of continuing U.S. assistance to the Northern Triangle.

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