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Lofgren Statement on Smithsonian’s 175th Anniversary

Aug 10, 2021 Press Release
Today, Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) issued the following statement on the 175th anniversary of the Smithsonian Institution. On August 10, 1846, the Smithsonian Institution was formally established by Congress.

Butterfield Statement on Subcommittee on Elections Report, “Voting in America: Ensuring Free and Fair Access to the Ballot”

Aug 6, 2021 Press Release
Today, Subcommittee on Elections Chairman G. K. Butterfield released a staff report, “Voting in America: Ensuring Free and Fair Access to the Ballot.” This report will be integral to providing a contemporaneous record of ongoing voter discrimination necessary to support H.R. 4 and the full enforcement of the Voting Rights Act.

Lofgren Statement on Appointment to Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol

Jul 1, 2021 Press Release
Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) issued the following statement today after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced her appointment to the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, established by the House of Representatives yesterday:

Lofgren and Butterfield Statement on Supreme Court Undermining Voting Rights

Jul 1, 2021 Press Release
Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Subcommittee on Elections Chairman G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) issued the following statement today related to the Supreme Court’s decision in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee:
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Lofgren Statement on Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol

Jun 30, 2021 Press Release
Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) issued the following statement today upon House passage of H.Res. 503, a resolution establishing a Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol.

Lofgren Remarks on Legislation to Remove Statues and Busts Honoring Slavery and Segregation from the U.S. Capitol

Jun 29, 2021 Press Release
Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today in support of H.R. 3005, a bill to replace the bust of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber with one of Justice Thurgood Marshall and to remove other statues honoring slavery and segregation from the U.S. Capitol:

Lofgren and Butterfield On Eighth Anniversary Of Shelby County Decision

Jun 25, 2021 Press Release
Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Subcommittee on Elections Chairman G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) released the following statement today marking the eighth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which invalidated key portions of the 2006 Voting Rights Act reauthorization and left American voters vulnerable to the tactics of suppression and discrimination:

Lofgren Congratulates Subcommittee on Elections for Hearing Series on Voting in America

Jun 24, 2021 Press Release
Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) issued a statement today congratulating Subcommittee on Elections Chairman G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) on the Subcommittee’s series of five hearings examining the structural and administrative barriers to voting since the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder:
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Elections

Lofgren Statement On Senate Republicans Filibustering S. 1, The For The People Act

Jun 22, 2021 Press Release
Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) issued the following statement today after Senate Republicans filibustered S.1, the most transformational and comprehensive suite of pro-democracy and anti-corruption reforms in a generation:

Lofgren Opening Statement at Hearing, “Oversight of the January 6th Attack: United States Capitol Police Containment Emergency Response Team and First Responders Unit”

Jun 15, 2021 Press Release
Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) made the following remarks at the outset of today’s hearing, Oversight of the January 6th Attack: United States Capitol Police Containment Emergency Response Team and First Responders Unit:

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