Gerry Connolly

This was a coordinated campaign to target inspectors general that someone in the Trump team planned, approved, organized and executed across multiple agencies.

We have now obtained what we believe is the email that the Trump team sent out to their political officials assigned to the Federal agencies.

I raise concerns about disturbing reports that Trump officials threaten to remove numerous, numerous inspectors general after the Inauguration.

Last Congress, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform reported this bill favorably by unanimous consent. I urge my colleagues to continue Congress' longstanding support of oversight, accountability, and transparency and vote for…

How cooperative is the Pentagon with what we're trying to do with the DATA Act?

But SBA is not part of the pilot project for grants and contracts, right?

And I would hope in the next Congress, this committee might try to make some contributions in trying to put systems in place.

We can't ignore this. And it is the product, the byproduct, of a siloed system at the Pentagon.

The Pentagon stands out. It's one of the few Federal agencies that cannot produce a certified audit.

What an unlikely relationship: the chairman of the Freedom Caucus and this progressive Democrat from Northern Virginia.

And no amount of innuendo or smear is going to tarnish his reputation.

There is no human problem that cannot be improved with another hearing.

So one way or another, the State Department is going to have to come to grips with reality here.

We are not going away, and we'll use--I happen to be on that committee too.

Compliance with FITARA and reporting under FITARA is not a voluntary activity.

I'm pleased to see these subcommittees continuing to exercise its oversight responsibility.

I thank my co-collaborator, Ms. Kelly, for her leadership, Mr. Hurd, and Mr. Meadows.

The results of the scorecard should not be seen as some kind of scarlet letter on the backs of agencies.

Our bipartisan legislation represents the first major reform of laws governing Federal IT management since 1996.

I urge you to contemplate that next time you decide to opine about the relevance of Metro in my jurisdiction.

We want to see that data. Since it got brought up, why pick on only just one part of the system.

It's just mind blowing. And the death and injury of individuals fall at the responsibility of some of those very people who look the other way.

I'm willing to invest the political capital in a way that does not play well back in North Carolina.

I take notice. We talked about this yesterday. We've talked about it multiple times.

The failure of Metro cannot be an option.