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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 26, 2019

I had the opportunity to go to a demonstration outside of OPM earlier this week, and I'm sure it would come as a reassuring message to know how committed leadership is to its work force at OPM, because morale was pretty low.

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Jun 26, 2019

We have a total of 524 pages, almost none of them responsive to the direct request we've made.

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Jun 26, 2019

I'm going to have to interrupt the gentleman.

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Jun 25, 2019

I had an amendment to add $15 million to that $35 million to just get a respectable number.

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Jun 25, 2019

the goal here is to be more efficient, move to the cloud, don't have all these little stovepipes all over the place

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Jun 25, 2019

the intent of the law was always to identify how many datacenters we had, which was a struggle, and then cut them in half

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Jun 25, 2019

I think, again, both Mr. Meadows and I know Mr. Hurd if he were here and Ms. Kelly if she were here, our experiences, especially in bureaucracies--and I don't mean that in a pejorative way, but big, large organizations who you report to…

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Jun 25, 2019

I am proud to cosponsor Mr. Malinowski's bill because it will require the DNI to produce a report with the information we have been seeking from the Trump administration.

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Jun 25, 2019

our view is the law is the law. We passed the law. It's quite clear what the intent is.

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Jun 25, 2019

I'm the one person in this White House who went to a hearing on impeachment and subpoenas and nothing like that was discussed at all.

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Jun 25, 2019

And what's the goal besides an inventory?

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Jun 25, 2019

We're missing an opportunity here. How can we better encourage that org chart and that hierarchy of efficient responsibility?

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Jun 25, 2019

It is unacceptable that this information has been withheld from us.

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Jun 25, 2019

Diversity, as we know, is a unique source of strength for America, our economy, and our national security.

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Jun 25, 2019

I think that this is something we can find some common ground on, and we need to work in the next budget cycle hopefully together.

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Jun 25, 2019

Do you believe that we have critical mass that this fund as currently funded is viable or, put differently, can actually make a difference, be the catalyst we intended it to be for people to retire legacy systems?

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Jun 25, 2019

The timing of this could not be more appropriate.

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Jun 25, 2019

I am proud to support Mr. Malinowski's bill, the Saudi Arabia Human Rights and Accountability Act of 2019 as a cosponsor.

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Jun 25, 2019

we've got to set metrics. So Agency X, we all agree you've got 340 and after some consultation and all that, the goal is to reduce a hundred of them

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Jun 25, 2019

I'm sorry it took the tax bill to be the incentive to do it, but I'll take it.

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Jun 25, 2019

We absolutely should not allow these individuals free entry or access to the United States.

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Jun 25, 2019

If you report to the deputy assistant under widget manager in the bowels of the basement, everyone can figure that out

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Jun 25, 2019

Thank you so much. Let me begin. Ms. Harris, we're here to talk about the implementation of a law, correct?

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Jun 25, 2019

When it comes to datacenters, what is the language of the law?

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Jun 25, 2019

I feel a little bit like the image of Diogenes with his lantern trying to find one honest man in town when it comes to my Republican friends in holding the Trump administration accountable.

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