Press Releases
Dec 12, 2018
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Committee on House Administration Chairman Gregg Harper and Ranking Member Robert A. Brady, along with House Speaker Paul Ryan, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Representative Bradley Byrne, and Representative Jackie Speier issued a statement upon the House and Senate reaching an agreement on reforms to the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995.
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Oct 11, 2018
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Committee on House Administration Democrats issued a statement after the Supreme Court refused to intervene this week in an emergency challenge to a North Dakota voter ID law that will effectively deny thousands of Native Americans their right to vote in the upcoming general election.
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Sep 27, 2018
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Today, U.S. Representatives Robert A. Brady and Bennie G. Thompson, co-Chairs of the Congressional Task Force on Election Security, issued a statement after the Voting Machine Hacking Village at DEF CON, the world’s largest hacker conference, released a report demonstrating the serious vulnerabilities to our nation’s voting systems.
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Sep 12, 2018
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Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Robert A. Brady (D-Pa.), Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), and Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) issued a statement after President Trump signed an Executive Order entitled, “Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election.”
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Sep 7, 2018
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In a letter to DHS and DOJ Inspectors General, members voice concern over apparent attempt at voter suppression and intimidation to limit equal access to the ballot box
In a letter today, top Democrats voiced strong concerns about the scope of recent Trump Administration subpoenas demanding millions of North Carolina voter records and called for an investigation into the legality and political motivation behind this unprecedented request for private voter information.
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Sep 6, 2018
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Members Call on House Republicans to Take Up Legislation to Secure Voting Systems Ahead of Midterm Elections
Democratic Members of the Committee on House Administration applauded the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for their new report, “Securing the Vote: Protecting American Democracy,” and called for the House of Representatives to take immediate action to protect our election systems from foreign interference
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Sep 6, 2018
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Members say Trump Administration Efforts Are a Blatant Violation of Privacy and Designed to Prevent American Citizens from Exercising their Right to Vote
Committee on House Administration Democrats issued a statement after federal prosecutors issued subpoenas demanding that millions of North Carolina voter records be turned over to authorities at the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency.
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Jul 26, 2018
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In a letter to House Republican committee leaders, top Democrats call on their Republican colleagues to put patriotism above politics and protect our elections from attack
In a new letter today, top Democrats called for a joint hearing on election security to investigate the threats facing elections in 2018 and the Trump administration’s plan to secure our elections from foreign interference.
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Jul 24, 2018
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Committee on House Administration Chairman Gregg Harper and Ranking Member Robert Brady issued a statement recognizing the 20th anniversary of the United States Capitol shooting incident on July 24, 1998, which led to the deaths of United States Capitol Police Officers, Detective John M. Gibson and Officer Jacob J. Chestnut.
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Jul 13, 2018
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Committee on House Administration Democrats released the following statement after the Department of Justice announced an indictment of twelve Russian nationals for committing federal crimes intended to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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