sentences:  Connolly spent 30 years in the public service, 10 of which were spent in the Iowa House and 20 years in the Iowa Senate.Connolly served on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Appropriations committee; the Education committee; the Ways and Means committee; the Ethics committee, where he was vice chair; the Government Oversight committee, where he was vice chair; the State Government committee, where he was chair and the Transportation committee, where he was chair.He served in the Iowa House of Representatives 1979 – 1989.