WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2025: In honor of Black History Month, Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, House Education and Workforce Committee, released remarks on the powerful connection between labor unions and civil rights movements. Watch Ranking Member Scott's floor remarks on YouTube (https://youtu.be/3dHByMBVeq0?feature=shared). "Hi, I am Congress  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine & Heinrich Unveil Legislation to Terminate President Trump's Sham Energy Emergency WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM), the Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, unveiled legislation to terminate the national energy emergency President Donald Trump declared to benefit Big Oil. The legislation is privileged, meaning that  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine Leads Letter to HHS Officials Demanding Answers and Action on Disruption to Head Start Programs WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a group of his colleagues in issuing a letter to Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services Dorothy A. Fink, M.D. and Acting Director of the Office of Head Start Captai  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * McClellan Statement on Elon Musk and Trump-Vance Administration Monitoring Treasury Payment System Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) received access to the Treasury Department's federal payment system, one of the most sensitive U.S. government databases: "The Trum  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * McClellan Statement on Trump-Vance Administration's Hostile Takeover and Dismantlement of USAID Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) issued the following statement after Elon Musk and the Trump-Vance Administration shuttered the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): "Elon Musk and the Trump-Vance Administration's hostile takeover and attempt to shut   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Oversight Committee Democrats Demand That Trump and Musk's Illegal Scam to Purge the Federal Workforce Be Revoked Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led all Committee Democrats in sending a letter to President Donald Trump, requesting documents and information regarding his "deferred resignation" offer sent en mass to the federal wor  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2025: * * * Committee Democrats Call on President Trump to Rescind His "Deferred Resignation" Offer * * * Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led all Committee Democrats in sending a letter (https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democ  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Oversight Committee Democrats Expand Investigation into President Trump's Sweeping Efforts to Purge and Politicize the Federal Government Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led all Committee Democrats in sending a letter to President Donald Trump, demanding the President cease his purge of nonpartisan civil servants, including career  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2025: Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led all Committee Democrats in sending a letter (https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2025-02-03.%20GEC%20et%20al.%20to%20Trump%20re.%20Pur  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2025: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter (https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2025-02-03.GEC%20to%20Comer%20re%20Witness%20Invite%20for%20FC%20hearing%20on%202-5-25.pdf) to  more