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Federal Employees
As a member of the Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce and Postal Service on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee he is a passionate advocate for federal workers.
In 2009, Congressman Connolly helped pass legislation to give FERS employees retirement credit for unused sick leave, allow FERS employees returning to government to redeposit their TSP savings, and allow CSRS employees to work part time at the end of their careers without reducing pension payments. He helped lead the effort to pass the Telework Improvements Act, which is improving Telework participation in federal agencies across the federal government. Congressman Connolly also supported legislation to provide paid parental leave for federal employees, to reduce the prices of prescription drugs under FEHBP, and to make Federal Employee Group Life Insurance more transparent.
During this session of Congress, the Republican leadership has proposed a range of attacks on federal employees. They have proposed a five year freeze on federal employee pay, including step increases, and layoffs for 10% of the federal workforce. The Republican budget proposal would allow their budget chairman to slash FEHBP funding unilaterally. Congressman Connolly strongly opposes these ideologically-driven attacks on federal employees, and believe we should return to an era where the civil service had broad, bipartisan support from the elected officials who represent them.
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Dealing With The Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
Oct 30 2012In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy many Northern Virginians are still without power and other utilities. My office is here to help. Click here for information on how to report an outage.
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Connolly Urges Residents to Prepare for Hazardous Weather
Oct 26 2012Virginia declares State of Emergency in advance of Hurricane Sandy. Connolly urges residents to prepare for hazardous weather. For more information click here.
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3 Va. congressmen call for voter fraud investigation
Oct 24 2012Three Virginia congressmen are asking U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct a multi-state investigation into a company that has been registering voters for the Nov. 6 election. Read more.
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Virginia Lawmakers Want Holder To Investigate Voter Registration Fraud
Oct 24 2012Three Democratic congressmen from Virginia are calling on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to launch an investigation into voter fraud. Read more.
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Connolly Tries to Call Congress Back to DC to Deal with Sequestration
Oct 17 2012Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) took to the House floor to ask the House Republican leadership to bring Congress back into Washington now to deal with the threats posed by sequestration. Read more.
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