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Veterans
Congressman Connolly is proud to represent thousands of veterans and military families and believes there is no more sacred duty than providing for their well-being. He has fought to make sure they have full health coverage, better pay, and access to veterans’ services throughout their lives. In recognition of his efforts, Our Military Kids, an organization dedicated to helping military children, recently awarded him the "Friend of Military Kids" award for his work on behalf of military families.
During the past two years, Congressman Connolly was proud to support more reliable funding for veteran health care, new investments in treating traumatic brain injuries sustained by our service members and improved assistance for homeless veterans. He introduced and passed in the House the Helping Active Duty Deployed (HADD) Act (H.R. 2874) to protect service members from early termination charges on cell phone and housing lease contracts when they are deployed. He cosponsored legislation to limit increases on TRICARE premiums, provide free postal benefits for troops in combat zones, provide disability compensations for PTSD, allow military retirees to pay their health care premiums with pre-tax dollars, and provide education and respite care support services for family caregivers.
News
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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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National Journal: Virginia Democrat on sequestration: 'Is it a crisis or not?'
Oct 17 2012A banging gavel cut off Democratic Reps. Gerry Connolly of Virginia and Russ Carnahan of Missouri Tuesday before they could make a parliamentary inquiry about sequestration. Read more.
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Northern Virginia Rally Against Sequestration
Jul 31 2012"For the sake of the country," Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., said, "can we not come together, give up our respective orthodoxies and get something done for the American people?"
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Connolly Calls on Congress to Cancel August Recess and Focus on Sequestration
Jul 31 2012Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., says Congress should cancel its annual August recess to focus on the automatic, across-the-board cuts that would affect defense and other federal contractors. Read more.
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Connolly Talks Transportation, Tax Credits in Telephone Town Hall
Jul 18 2012More than 16,000 11th Congressional district residents listened to Rep. Gerry Connolly's 15th telephone town hall call Tuesday night. Read more.
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