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Congressman Connolly on Fiscal Discipline

Congressman Gerry Connolly recently appeared on Comcast Local Edition to talk about fiscal discipline and the need for this Congress to take meaningful steps to address the federal deficit.

16th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Fete

Since my first run for Providence District Supervisor in 1995, I have hosted an annual St. Patrick’s Day Fete. The event has grown from a small gathering of friends at my home, to one of the highlights of the Democratic political season.

Congressman Gerry Connolly’s 16th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Fete

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Kena Temple
9001 Arlington Boulevard
Fairfax, VA 22031
  map: http://tinyurl.com/kena-ffx

Tickets start at $40 each. Click here to purchase tickets.

For questions or to RSVP and pay at the door, email patrick@gerryconnolly.com.

Congressman Connolly: Town Hall Meeting

On Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA, 11th District) held a town hall meeting at Greenspring Village to discuss healthcare reform. A distinguished panel made presentations and then Congressman Connolly took questions from the crowd for nearly 90 minutes. [Watch the town hall on C-Span archives, click here.]

Greenspring resident and former Fairfax County Board Chair, Audrey Moore said of Congressman Connolly’s presentation that, “… he very clearly stated that he was in favor of the public option plan, and of providing health insurance to the uninsured.  There was no fuzzy language, no hesitation.  He did a great job, and I could not have been more proud of him!”

Dana Bash of CNN spoke with Ralph Dunham, Obama’s great uncle, also a Greenspring resident, who thinks that healthcare reform will pass.

Connolly Gets Best of GOP on House Floor

I wanted to call your attention to a story that ran in Politico this morning, highlighting a strategy by House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) to ambush freshman Democratic congressmen on the House floor.  Some Democrats have withered under the attacks and the article suggests that House leadership is pulling freshman off the floor when the GOP attacks begin.

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Bonus Boondoggle

March 20, 2009
Rep. Gerry Connolly, (D-VA), and Rep. Christopher J. Lee, (R-NY), discuss the Bonus Bill that passed in the House. Go Gerry!

Congressman Connolly Open House

Public Invited to Meet Connolly & Staff on March 21 in Annandale

ANNANDALE – Congressman Gerry Connolly will hold an open house at his Annandale office on Saturday, March 21, from 1 to 3 pm.  Everyone is invited to meet Congressman Connolly and his staff and learn about the services offered to the residents of the 11th Congressional District.

Connolly’s District Office is located at 4115 Annandale Road, Suite 103, Annandale, VA 22003 (map: http://tinyurl.com/connolly-ffx-office).  The Annandale District Office number is 703-256-3071.  A second District Office is scheduled to open soon in Prince William County.  The Prince William District Office number is 703-670-4989.

Congressman Connolly’s District Office staff is available Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm to assist the public in handling matters relating to the federal government. 

“I have instructed my district staff to take a hands-on approach in providing the best service possible to the residents of the 11th Congressional District,” Connolly said.  “If someone is having a problem with the federal government, whether it is with the Social Security Administration, the Veterans Administration or any other federal agency, I encourage them to call my District Office for help.”

Light refreshments will be served at Saturday’s open house in Annandale.

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http://connolly.house.gov | 11th District, Virginia | 327 Cannon HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515 | 202.225.1492

Connolly – Thank You

I want to thank all of you who were a part of this effort.  First, I want to thank my wife Cathy and daughter Caitlin.  I want to thank my staff and the hundreds of volunteers who contributed countless hours on my behalf.  I want to thank my friends in labor, the environmental community, and the business community.  I want to thank my colleagues on the Board of Supervisors and elected state and local officials from across Northern Virginia who supported me.  Finally, I want to thank my good friend Governor Tim Kaine for believing in me from the start.

Tonight Virginians joined their fellow Americans in taking back their government.  Tonight we told the ideologues to stand aside, it is time for a common sense approach that gets results.  Tonight we told Washington to stop the endless partisan bickering and get something done.

Tonight we judged one Party and held its Administration to account for its failures and mismanagement: Katrina, Iraq, Global Warming, declining incomes, lost jobs, the biggest deficit in American history, the largest one-week drop in the stock market’s history.  And the voters spoke — enough, be gone, you’ve had your day.  It is time for a change.

And tonight we turned a heavy page on 400 years of racial history and reaffirmed the American imperative that all men and women are created as equals.  All are entitled to reach their highest potential.  All are to be given that opportunity.

Tonight we celebrate a historic election that will be recorded in the annals of this generation and for generations to come.  But tomorrow, we Democrats begin the arduous task before us — to heal political wounds, to end a war honorably, to reassert that torture can never be an American value, to stabilize a lasting economy, to restore our place in the world, to reassert our environmental stewardship, to provide quality education for all our children, to revamp a broken health care system, to level the playing field for working men and women, to reach across the aisle to restore civility and mutual respect in our polity. 

All the easy things have been done.  The next Administration and Congress now face the greatest economic challenge since 1932.  We need to recognize that much damage has been done and we won’t be able to fix everything overnight, but we must be willing to tackle the tough and seemingly intractable issues.  But most importantly we must act.  We must remake the federal government as a responsive, accountable instrument of the people we serve.  If we do all of these things we will extend tonight’s historic mandate for a generation.  If we insist that the government must work for all of our citizens again, we cannot fail.

Lorton offers grand vision, location for the arts.

Six years of community planning and investment will culminate later this month in a week-long celebration for the grand opening of the Lorton Workhouse Arts Center.

The Arts Center is a critical element in a vast transformation of the 2,700-acre former District of Columbia corrections facility in southern Fairfax made possible by a partnership with the federal government, the county and local residents.

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