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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday December 29, 2019 ( 3 items )  

GAO Issues Report on Capitol Police, Potential Effects of Raising the Mandatory Retirement Age
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report on capitol police. The report (GAO-20-137R) is titled "Potential Effects of Raising the Mandatory Retirement Age". The report was sent to Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, chairman, Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Legislative Branch, Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, chairman, and Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Washington, ranking member of the House Approp  more

Rep. Hayes Issues Statement on Impeachment of President Trump for Crimes, Misdemeanors
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Dec. 23, entitled "Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors": Mrs. HAYES. Madam Speaker, my commitment has always been to be honest and transparent with the people of Connecticut's 5th District on my thinking and the decisions I make. Impeachment is not a course I wanted to pursue. I came to Congress to   more

Rep. Larson Submits Op-Ed on Impeachment of President Trump
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following op-ed on the impeachment of President Trump, which was provided to the Hartford Courant: The impeachment of Donald J. Trump has been brought on by the actions of the president himself. In the aftermath of the impeachment vote on Wednesday, we should reflect on how we got to this point. The president took two unconstitutional actions: First, he directly solicited a foreign government to gather information on his pol  more