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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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Jul 25, 2017

Donald, this man's a loser. Don't do it.

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Jul 25, 2017

I won't help you with Donald Trump, but----

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Jul 25, 2017

The urgency of the subject, you know, I think demands executive and legislative branch cooperate as much as we can.

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Jul 25, 2017

We are developing a strategy now.

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Jul 25, 2017

I don't presume to speak for the committee, but I think as you can hear, on a bipartisan basis, we're seized with this mission and urgency.

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Jul 25, 2017

We want to see a reauthorization. We're happy to help, but--okay.

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Jul 25, 2017

That's why pairing of mental health services and addiction treatment services is so critical.

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Jul 25, 2017

This epidemic doesn't care where you live or what political party you belong to.

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Jul 24, 2017

Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution states Congress shall have the power to declare war and to raise and support armies and other armed forces.

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Jul 24, 2017

Does the delegation of such authority ever get stale and expire on its own, even if we don't have a statutory sunset provision?

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Jul 24, 2017

I would contend, with respect, that there are serious implied powers in Article 1 and that it is not the purview of the executive branch to determine on its own the constitutionality of any circumspection or circumscribing with respect to…

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Jul 24, 2017

Franklin Delano Roosevelt still deferred to that Article 1 power before he engaged with Hitler.

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Jul 24, 2017

What you have just said, if we acted on would be an unprecedented delegation of power to the executive.

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Jul 24, 2017

Well, one could argue that what we are debating today the AUMF has such an implied power.

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Jul 24, 2017

Federal regulations have a positive impact on the economy.

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Jul 24, 2017

I do think that over the past 16 years that Congress' failure to update the AUMF has allowed the executive branch, or really required the executive branch, to undertake interpretations of the AUMF that have been, as a result, controversial.

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Jul 24, 2017

ask the people of Flint, Michigan, if that makes sense to them because if we have learned nothing else from the tragedy of water poisoning in Flint, Michigan, it is that State Governments should not be left to their own devices to enforce…

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Jul 24, 2017

Although as recently as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, people forget he asked Congress to declare war against Japan after Pearl Harbor.

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Jul 18, 2017

In 1996, this region--the national capital region--had more than 60 orange ozone days, ozone layers that were hazardous to health, warnings given to people. Last year, we had 6, one-tenth of that number. And that is because of the Clean…

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Jul 18, 2017

I thank my dear friend from Colorado for his leadership on this important issue. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this dirty air legislation. The House majority is, once again, substituting political ideology for sound science…

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Jul 17, 2017

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The 1-year timeline imposed on the jurisdiction ignored those unique legislative schedules, but the decision to withhold money as a punishment for missing an arbitrary deadline was announced at a time…

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Jul 17, 2017

I thank the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Raskin), my good friend, for yielding time. I rise today in support of this legislation, which I was happy to cosponsor with Mr. Hoyer and our colleagues in the metropolitan region. The joint…

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Jul 13, 2017

I would say to my friend who just spoke, if he wants to do something for Alzheimer's, don't pass the Senate Republican healthcare bill. It would devastate Medicaid and Alzheimer's victims who rely on Medicaid service. Ensuring that every…

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Jul 11, 2017

I hardly think America is back. I think in the brief 6 or 7 months of this administration we have done nothing but retreat including from this area.

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