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Hearing Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Election Observation: Best Practices and Congress’s Role”
house Elections Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Request transcript · 52 transcript matches
LEE, LAUREL M. "So, welcome to the subcommittee on elections hearing entitled, Election Observation, Best Practices, and Congress' Role. Election observers play an important role in election administration. They provide an independent view of the election process by documenting what they see, asking questions through established procedures, and helping confirm elections are conducted according to law. especially important. Article I of the Constitution provides that each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members. Congress cannot fulfill that responsibility..."
Hearing Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections Hearing: “Examining Best Practices for Strengthening Election Security”
house Elections Subcommittee · May 20, 2026 · Transcript · 9 transcript matches
COMMISSIONER BENJAMIN HOVLAND "Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss this important topic and the work of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. When Congress created the EAC with the Help a clearinghouse function to look at best practices across the nation, the EAC has embraced this part of our mission in recent years, particularly as election administration has evolved. My colleagues and I work with state and local election officials from all 50 states, five territories, and the District of Columbia. From that experience, I can confidently say that no one cares more about the security and..."
CRS Report
Election Systems: Recent Action by the Election Assistance Commission
Posts · Apr 3, 2024
The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) was established by the Help America Vote Act in response to problems with the administration of the 2000 elections. Among other responsibilities, such as...
CRS Report
Overview of Federal Criminal Laws Prohibiting Threats and Harassment of Election Workers
Posts · Apr 4, 2024
Following the 2020 elections, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reported a significant increase in threats of violence toward individuals who administer elections, identifying in 2022 more than 1,000...
Hearing Full Committee Hearing, “Make Elections Great Again: How to Restore Trust and Integrity in Federal Elections.”
house Committee on House Administration · Feb 10, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Committee on House Administration Rescheduled Elections Subcommittee Hearing, "Maintaining Election Operations in the Face of Natural Disasters”
house Elections Subcommittee · Sep 16, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Subcommittee on Elections Hearing: “Maintaining Election Operations in the Face of Natural Disasters”
house Elections Subcommittee · Jun 10, 2025 · Request transcript
CRS Report
Election 2024: Recent Court Rulings on Voting and Counting Ballots
Posts · Oct 30, 2024
Recent court rulings in various states have determined key issues relating to the voting process and the counting of ballots for the 2024 congressional and presidential elections. This Sidebar...
CRS Report
State Legislatures, State Courts, and Federal Elections: U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Moore v. Harper
Posts · Nov 1, 2022
During the fall 2022 term, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a case that could significantly affect how states regulate federal elections. In Moore v. Harper, the Court is...
CRS Report
Election 2020 and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Legal Issues in Absentee and All-Mail Voting
Posts · May 15, 2020
As a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there have been concerns about the potential impact on the 2020 federal election cycle. Some states have delayed primary elections,...
CRS Report
H.R. 4563, the American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act
Resources · Jul 19, 2023
H.R. 4563, the American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act, proposes substantial changes to federal election administration and campaign finance law. The Committee on House Administration (CHA)...
CRS Report
Election Worker Safety and Privacy
Posts · Sep 9, 2024
Concerns about election workers’ safety and privacy have been reported in surveys, news articles, and congressional hearings from the 2020 elections through the current election cycle. Those...
CRS Report
Elections and Voting: Policy and Legal Issues for the 118th Congress
Resources · Jan 5, 2023
Traditionally, the federal government’s role in campaigns and elections primarily includes regulating campaign finance, protecting voting rights, and supporting states in election administration....
CRS Report
Elections and Campaign Finance: Policy and Legal Background for Congress
Resources · Dec 19, 2024
Traditionally, the federal government’s role in campaigns and elections primarily includes regulating campaign finance, protecting voting rights, and supporting states in election administration....
Testimony SPEAKER_36
H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H...
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026
"Let's be clear. Let's be honest here. I think that the SAVE Act is an awful, awful, terrible bill. It's not about election security. It's about relitigating Donald Trump's loss in 2020. His feelings were hurt. So we had a meltdown. You guys keep saying we need this bill because our elections are not secure. Trump says the 2020 election was rigged. Many of you in this room won your elections in 2020. You were elected in that election. Was your election rigged? You know, I mean, the SAVE Act is..."
Witness Karen Brinson Bell
North Carolina State Board of Elections · 2 hearings
Witness Justin Riemer
Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections · 1 hearing
Witness Donald Palmer
Election Assistance Commission · 1 hearing
Witness The Honorable Thomas Hicks
U.S. Election Assistance Commission · 1 hearing
Witness The Honorable Christy McCormick
U.S. Election Assistance Commission · 1 hearing
Witness The Honorable Donald Palmer
U.S. Election Assistance Commission · 1 hearing
Witness Wesley Wilcox
Marion County Supervisor of Elections · 1 hearing
Witness Lance Reed
Summit County Board of Elections · 1 hearing
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Walter Clayton, of New York, to be Director of National Intelligence.
senate Intelligence (Select) Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN E. "You had personnel that were very knowledgeable about cyber threats, especially foreign influence. There were personnel at CISA, there were personnel at the FBI and they were all fired. And then President Trump now wants to make sure that the 2020 election that nobody says Biden won the election. So you can understand why this committee is concerned that you won't say Biden won the election because it just reeks of this insecurity by the Trump administration about election security. So when you say election security is important to you, I want to make sure that you understand the ODNI has a..."
Hearing Committee on House Administration Full Committee Markup on Various Measures
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
LEE, LAUREL M. "Before coming to Congress, I served as Florida's Secretary of State, where I worked closely with election officials around our state who are responsible for administering secure, accessible, and transparent elections. From that experience, I know that confidence and consistency in our elections is essential. Americans deserve to know that our elections are secure, that rules are applied"
CRS Report
Private Funding for Election Administration
InFocus · Apr 20, 2026
State and local election offices sometimes receive private donations of money, goods, or services to help them carry out their work. Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the 2020 election...
CRS Report
The Federal Contested Election Act: Overview and Recent Contests in the House of Representatives
Resources · Nov 2, 2022
The Federal Contested Election Act (FCEA; 2 U.S.C. §§381-396), enacted in 1969, rests at the intersection of federal election law and policy, legislative procedure, and constitutional provisions...
CRS Report
Postponing Federal Elections and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Legal Considerations
Posts · Mar 20, 2020
On March 13, 2020, Louisiana’s Governor invoked emergency powers to announce that the state’s presidential primary election, previously scheduled for April 4, would be postponed for more than two...
CRS Report
Elections and Hurricanes Helene and Milton
Posts · Oct 11, 2024
Introduction In September and October 2024, Hurricanes Helene and Milton disrupted voter registration, early voting activities, and preparations for the November 5 general election throughout parts...
CRS Report
The Designation of Election Systems as Critical Infrastructure
Resources · Sep 18, 2019
Prior to the 2016 federal election, a series of cyberattacks occurred on information systems of state and local election jurisdictions. Subsequently, in January 2017 the Department of Homeland...
CRS Report
State Election Reform Payments: FY2018 Appropriations
Resources · Jul 9, 2018
Election infrastructure in at least 21 states was targeted by Russian hackers during the 2016 campaign, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The omnibus spending bill enacted...
Testimony LEE, LAUREL M.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"So, welcome to the subcommittee on elections hearing entitled, Election Observation, Best Practices, and Congress' Role. Election observers play an important role in election administration. They provide an independent view of the election process by documenting what they see, asking questions through established procedures, and helping confirm elections are conducted according to law. especially important. Article I of the Constitution provides that each House shall be the judge of the..."
Testimony GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN E.
Hearings to examine the nomination of Walter Clayton, of New York, to ...
senate Intelligence (Select) Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"You had personnel that were very knowledgeable about cyber threats, especially foreign influence. There were personnel at CISA, there were personnel at the FBI and they were all fired. And then President Trump now wants to make sure that the 2020 election that nobody says Biden won the election. So you can understand why this committee is concerned that you won't say Biden won the election because it just reeks of this insecurity by the Trump administration about election security. So when you..."
Hearing Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections Hearing, "Examining Potential Updates to the NVRA”
house Elections Subcommittee · Dec 10, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Democracy in Peril: the Fight for Free Elections in Honduras
house Western Hemisphere Subcommittee · Nov 20, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing “Clean Rolls, Secure Elections: Reviewing Voter List Maintenance Standards.”
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 22, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing H.R. 884 – To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal...
house Rules Committee · Jun 9, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing the Full Committee to consider the following: 1) H.R. 580, the Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act (UMATA); 2) H.R. 2409, the...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · May 21, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
MOODY, ASHLEY "that we don't just uncover, we don't just address it, we don't just ask what we can do, but we bolster the American people's trust in our elections, and the way we do that is to follow the Florida blueprint. We used to be a national embarrassment with the hanging chads, getting ballot results after everybody went to sleep, days later. Within just two decades, we've turned that around. We have results by bedtime. People trust Florida elections. We can do that in this nation, which is why I want to propose legislation that says ballots by Election Day, ballots by Election Day, so people have..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hemisphere.
senate Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK "And there are still people like her outside Venezuela who should be able to come back and can't yet because of this. I think I would refer back, Senator Scott, to Secretary Rubio's statements. He said, you know, we don't want elections too soon when they don't have the machinery set up. I think something like 40 percent of the eligible voters in Venezuela are not registered at this point. So they've got to clean up the voter rolls. They've got to get the election tribunal renovated. This is why we – but he's also said, but we don't want to have elections too late, and making the point that..."
Hearing A New Beginning for Colombia
house Western Hemisphere Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
MR. LUIS MENDEZ "still precludes Maria Corina from entering Venezuela and not be arrested right and so I think those conversations need to take place not only for Maria Corina but for all Venezuelan political exiles that are interim authorities and as Secretary Rubio has clearly articulated we need to have elections in Venezuela right and so. Can you repeat that again? Yeah we need to have elections in Venezuela. President Secretary Rubio has been very clear that that is part of the democratic transition that we expect in the context Thank you for that question, sir. What I can tell you now is that there are..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_08 "so I can't talk specifically about the cases that you mentioned, but overall, what I will say, Senator, is that election integrity is extraordinarily important to this administration, it's important to this body, and so to the extent that the work that we're doing is to make sure that we have fair and honest elections, that the only people voting are the people who are eligible to vote, and that they're only voting once, that's"
Testimony MORELLE, JOSEPH D.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"Across United States history, more than 610 elections have been contested in the House. An average of more than five per Congress, which I think, again, Americans would be surprised to know that that had occurred that many times in our nation's history. Each election cycle, the House conducts an election observer program to develop a factual record of election issues that may be relevant in resolving those election contests. The committee, by virtue of statutory authority in our House Rule 10,..."
Testimony PAIGE WHITAKER
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"Thank you. Good afternoon. Chairwoman Lee, Ranking Member Sewell, and members of the subcommittee, my name is Paige Whitaker, and I'm a legislative attorney with the Congressional Research Service, CRS. CRS is available to serve all members of Congress, and CRS testimony is provided on an objective, nonpartisan basis. Thank you very much for inviting me to testify today regarding the confirmation of Congressional Observer Access Act of 2024, its legislative history, and Congress's general..."
Testimony PAIGE WHITAKER
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"The Act declares that, regardless of any legislative action, Congress has the power to act pursuant to these constitutional authorities to observe federal elections. The Act further states that it does not create any new authorities or procedures and instead provides a convenient statutory citation for Congress's existing authority and activity. The crux of the COCOA Act who is a designated congressional election observer to observe all aspects of federal election administration, including, but..."
Testimony MOODY, ASHLEY
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"that we don't just uncover, we don't just address it, we don't just ask what we can do, but we bolster the American people's trust in our elections, and the way we do that is to follow the Florida blueprint. We used to be a national embarrassment with the hanging chads, getting ballot results after everybody went to sleep, days later. Within just two decades, we've turned that around. We have results by bedtime. People trust Florida elections. We can do that in this nation, which is why I want..."
Testimony COMMISSIONER BENJAMIN HOVLAND
Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections Hearing: “...
house Committee on House Administration · May 20, 2026
"Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss this important topic and the work of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. When Congress created the EAC with the Help a clearinghouse function to look at best practices across the nation, the EAC has embraced this part of our mission in recent years, particularly as election administration has evolved. My colleagues and I work with state and local election officials from all 50 states, five territories, and the District of..."
Testimony COMMISSIONER BENJAMIN HOVLAND
Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections Hearing: “...
house Committee on House Administration · May 20, 2026
"I mention this because we must consistently invest in our election administration infrastructure. Too often we are bailed out by the innovation and hard work of the public servants that run our elections. Many seasoned election officials have left the profession, taking with them valuable institutional knowledge. To fully meet the challenges of this moment and ensure our elections remain secure, there needs to be greater support for elections at the local, state, and federal levels. We know..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE DONALD PALMER
Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections Hearing: “...
house Committee on House Administration · May 20, 2026
"Thank you Chairwoman Lee and Ranking Member Sewell As you know I recently moved to the Heritage Foundation as a Senior Legal Fellow for Election Integrity, and the views expressed today are my own and should be reflected on the Heritage Foundation. But I really do appreciate the opportunity to talk about cybersecurity and the election security of the voting systems and the election systems that we use, election officials use. We want them to be able to concentrate on administering the election..."
Hearing H.R. 8800 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; H.R. 8884 – Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act; H. Res....
house Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_36 "Let's be clear. Let's be honest here. I think that the SAVE Act is an awful, awful, terrible bill. It's not about election security. It's about relitigating Donald Trump's loss in 2020. His feelings were hurt. So we had a meltdown. You guys keep saying we need this bill because our elections are not secure. Trump says the 2020 election was rigged. Many of you in this room won your elections in 2020. You were elected in that election. Was your election rigged? You know, I mean, the SAVE Act is just insane, and you know it. Enough already. I mean, Trump won in 2024. Was that election rigged? I..."
Hearing “State and Local Cybersecurity: Escalating Threats, Federal Partnership, and the Resilience of America’s Communities”
house Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee · May 21, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_05 "the federal government can really help. I think it's quite critical impact for the similar reasons that we're talking about. Election officials, which include, in many cases, just very local jurisdictions that lack a lot of resources or lack staffing facing election systems, are attractive targets for nation states. And without those kind of security support, you know, the integrity of our elections are potentially at stake. And, you know, even whatever, there's obviously a lot of disagreement around elections and some of the politics around it, but we should all be able to agree that we..."
Hearing Foreign Influence in American Non-profits: Unmasking Threats from Beijing and Beyond
house Ways and Means Committee · Feb 10, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_23 "That means candidates, PACs, super PACs, and participating in your campaign's decision-making process. But all those other electoral tools that matter up to and including on Election Day, the issue advocacy campaigns, the nonpartisan GOTV voter registration, because those are not technically elections, a foreign national can finance them. So the solution isn't to change the definition of what is and is not as an election, but to expand the prohibition of what can and cannot be financed with foreign dollars. Because what we have here is that if there's a television advertisement that's not..."
Hearing “Oversight of the Office of Special Counsel Jack Smith”
house Judiciary Committee · Jan 22, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
BIGGS, ANDY "You remember saying that? An elected – it is – see, an elected official who's been deemed to have lost could not knowingly make false statements about election fraud to target a lawful government function. You said that would be illegal. Remember that, Page 27? Do you want me to actually read this"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Donald Blome, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), Christopher...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 16, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_11 "I think there's a huge opportunity for us to increase diplomatic relationships with Brazil. We obviously have an election in Brazil that is upcoming here in the first week of October, and regardless of what that election shows, there's an opportunity for us to bridge that And I believe I have the right skill set to be able to do that, assuming I get the"
Testimony SEWELL, TERRI A.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"Thank you, Madam Chair. I want to thank our witnesses for gathering today. The focus of today's hearing, Congress's role in election observation, is an incredibly important topic, especially as we quickly approach this year's midterm elections. Our constituents have entrusted us with the solemn duty of ensuring that our nation's elections are conducted efficiently, securely, and transparently. Federal election observers are consequential to that"
Testimony SEWELL, TERRI A.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"it should concern all of us, especially the witnesses here today on this subcommittee hearing, that the election assistance commissioners, members of a bipartisan federal agency who have helped states and local officials acquire funding and certify equipment to run their elections, were summarily removed by this president. This is why now, more than ever, we must protect our congressional election observer program. This program is part of our constitutional and legal responsibility, both on..."
Testimony STEIL, BRYAN
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"Chairman Stile, for an opening statement. Thank you very much, Chair Lee. Thanks for holding today's subcommittee hearing on election observers. The American people should be confident that our elections are conducted transparently, securely, and according to the law. Election observers, or poll watchers, play a critical role in ensuring that, and I think that's why we're here today. Observers increase transparency, strengthen accountability, and provide independent oversight throughout the..."
Testimony STEIL, BRYAN
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"Observers report on election administration procedures, such as ballot tabulation, ballot storage. They ask thoughtful questions of election officials throughout the election process. And all of this helps build a detailed, independent record in case an election is challenged, as it was in 2020, by the Democrat who would ultimately lose in Iowa. And although the House has run an observer program for many years, Congress's constitutional authority was not always recognized by state and local..."
Testimony LANCE REED
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"As an election official for over 13 years, including nearly six years as director, I have witnessed election observers in the many different roles I've been employed by the Summit County Board of Elections. I am before you today to emphasize the important role that all observers play, including congressional election observers authorized under the Confirmation of Congressional is critical, and observers play an important role in that transparency. While COCO may have only been signed into law..."
Testimony LEE, LAUREL M.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"Supervisor Wilcox, I will start with you. In your testimony, you mentioned the 2000 election, the very infamous Florida election that really was the catalyst for a lot of really thoughtful consideration of our election laws and procedures. What were some of the key changes that Florida made after the 2000 election to better define the role of election observers and have those practices remained effective over time? What were some of the key changes that Florida made after the 2000 election to..."
Testimony SEWELL, TERRI A.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"Thank you. Director Reed, based on your experience in running elections, where would you say the line is between a legitimate election observation and conduct that risks intimidating voters and interfering with or disrupting the work of election officials? What safeguards have you found to be most effective in preventing observers from crossing the"
Testimony PAIGE WHITAKER
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"I have an excerpt from the COCOA Act's legislative history. So the House report that accompanied the legislation. And it says the following, I'm quoting, while political candidates and parties deploy election observers to advocate for their position in key jurisdictions, official congressional observation of congressional elections fills another necessary role by allowing for the creation of a usable record in the case of an election contest or seating challenge so that the House of..."
Testimony PAIGE WHITAKER
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"The case law and the text of the Constitution both are focused on who was duly elected. Yes, it does not speak to party at all. It's who the election, who was rightfully elected, and then considered duly elected under the Constitution. Yes,"
Testimony JOHNSON, JULIE
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"As the midterm elections approach, I have had folks calling my office every day expressing deep, deep concerns over the Trump administration's continued efforts to dismantle the trust in our electoral systems and undermine the historically bipartisan independent organizations and institutions. In the last two years, we've seen Republicans across this country and here in Congress rewrite election laws, fire federal and local election officials, and redraw maps, dramatically reshaping our..."
Testimony JOHNSON, JULIE
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"This is not about Republicans or Democrats. This is about safeguarding a lasting democracy and ensuring that Congress, the people's house, not the president, oversees how elections are administered and executed. While we are witnessing unprecedented federal overreach into our independent institutions responsible for election operations, Congress must uphold and reaffirm its constitutional commitment to oversee elections, specifically through the constitutionally mandated and historically..."
Testimony GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN E.
Hearings to examine the nomination of Walter Clayton, of New York, to ...
senate Intelligence (Select) Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Senator King tried to get you to say, did he win or not win the election? President Trump has an issue with whether he wins or doesn't win elections and it's affected your office and I need you to understand how it's affected your office. After the 2016 election, there was allegations that there was foreign interference by Russia and President Trump was very concerned that somehow his election was not on the up and up. And so what he did in response when he became president was he eliminated..."
Testimony MOODY, ASHLEY
Hearings to examine exposing fraud in America.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"aggressive, we need to start proposing solutions. I thank my colleague, Senator Ernst. I've also proposed the Stop Child Care Scams Act, the Stop Fraud in Medicaid Act, the No Aid for Ghost Students Act, Punishing Healthcare Fosters Act. This is just a few that we are working on with my colleague, Senator Schmidt. We have launched a Senate task force against fraud, and I know they don't like to talk about fraud. They get really itchy when we talk about any kind of fraud, especially election..."
Testimony SEWELL, TERRI A.
Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections Hearing: “...
house Committee on House Administration · May 20, 2026
"I think this is hypocrisy at its highest degree. We are here today doing important work to guarantee that election workers have the financial resources they need to do their jobs effectively, all while this president is paying out to people who committed heinous crimes money out of taxpayers' dollars. During a moment of incredible political turmoil, election officials across the country are being asked to administer elections while Republican state legislatures change the rules of the game in..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE THOMAS HICKS
Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections Hearing: “...
house Committee on House Administration · May 20, 2026
"While HAVA was enacted with security in mind, the threat landscape and the presence of malicious actors has grown. Today, state and local officials are incorporating cybersecurity protections and physical security measures into nearly every aspect of election administration, even under significant staffing and funding constraints. For the United States to continue to be a world leader in election best practices, the federal government must support and invest in our election infrastructure. I..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE CHRISTY MCCORMICK
Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections Hearing: “...
house Committee on House Administration · May 20, 2026
"technologies and translating those findings into practical guidance, such as list maintenance, grants and physical security. In all of this, we strive to be transparent while ensuring the safety of all involved in the electoral process, from administrators to poll workers to observers. With security top of mind for election officials, the EAC will continue to move forward in our work to protect the election infrastructure that supports America's representative democracy. We are a small agency,..."
Testimony COMMISSIONER BENJAMIN HOVLAND
Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections Hearing: “...
house Committee on House Administration · May 20, 2026
"especially related to election security. My colleagues spoke about our election technology and field services team. They are doing amazing work, but they're a team of only 10 people. With over 8,000 election jurisdictions in the United States, there are limits to our capacity, but not to our desire or our commitment. We continue to work creatively and thoughtfully to respond to election officials' needs. We are piloting a number of efforts, including those to enhance election security and..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE DONALD PALMER
Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections Hearing: “...
house Committee on House Administration · May 20, 2026
"My next recommendation is that we encourage coordination between the federal partners and the EAC. That just makes a lot of sense, that there be a sharing of responsibilities on coordination that would save tax dollar money. CISA has reduced its footprint in elections, but election officials want more election focus on the products. And I think the EAC realizes that and has tried to step up to the plate and provide scenario training and coordination with other federal partners. So I think..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK
Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hem...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"And there are still people like her outside Venezuela who should be able to come back and can't yet because of this. I think I would refer back, Senator Scott, to Secretary Rubio's statements. He said, you know, we don't want elections too soon when they don't have the machinery set up. I think something like 40 percent of the eligible voters in Venezuela are not registered at this point. So they've got to clean up the voter rolls. They've got to get the election tribunal renovated. This is why..."
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administr...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Yeah, so one of the things that we need to do is ensure effective leadership at the ITU. The Plenty Potentiary Conference, where upcoming elections are happening, is this November, and so we're working to ensure that Doreen Bogdan-Martin wins her election as Secretary General of the ITU, as well as the U.S. wins in its other elections. Effective leadership is important to ensure that we can promote our interests in an effective way at WRC without surveillance or"
Testimony SPEAKER_05
“State and Local Cybersecurity: Escalating Threats, Federal Partnershi...
house Homeland Security Committee · May 21, 2026
"the federal government can really help. I think it's quite critical impact for the similar reasons that we're talking about. Election officials, which include, in many cases, just very local jurisdictions that lack a lot of resources or lack staffing facing election systems, are attractive targets for nation states. And without those kind of security support, you know, the integrity of our elections are potentially at stake. And, you know, even whatever, there's obviously a lot of disagreement..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
“State and Local Cybersecurity: Escalating Threats, Federal Partnershi...
house Homeland Security Committee · May 21, 2026
"Thank you. I look forward to your questions. The State Board of Elections administers elections. We're a home rule state, so county and New York City administer elections. I'll say a couple of things. Number one, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, as well as the New York State Police and the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, we run, from primary day through election certification, a secure election center in person..."
Testimony SPEAKER_08
Hearings to examine Protecting American Citizenship lll: Denaturalizat...
senate Judiciary Committee · Apr 29, 2026
"He is respected and admired by his clients, the courts in which he has argued cases, and even opposing counsel. Both when I served as Ohio Secretary of State, my mission was to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat, a goal I've continued during my time here in the Senate, and during that time as Ohio's Chief Elections Officer, Michael Hendershot was an invaluable partner in our fight for a common sense election security policies. He argued several cases defending Ohio's election laws, ensuring..."
Testimony SPEAKER_07
Hearings to examine the nomination of Darrell Owens, of Pennsylvania, ...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Apr 28, 2026
"well represented. Tanzania has been an important ally of the United States. There's been strong military-to-military cooperation with Tanzania. There was a recent election in 2025 that was marred by violence. That election led to the election of a candidate with, I think, a 97 percent vote, which that tells us we ought to be nervous about the state of democracy in Tanzania, but it has been an ally in the past. We want the relationship to be strong. And then finally, Guatemala is a neighbor, a..."
Testimony WARNER, MARK R.
Hearings to examine worldwide threats; to be immediately followed by a...
senate Intelligence (Select) Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"I believe an organized effort to misuse her national security powers to interfere in domestic politics and potentially provide a pretext for the President's unconstitutional efforts to seize control of the upcoming elections. Don't take my word for it. The President has repeatedly pushed for the nationalization of our elections, calling for federal government to override the state election laws and, quote, take over voting while continuing to make false statements about election fraud. And we..."
Testimony LANGWORTHY, NICHOLAS A.
“Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"to deny and deflect, and your stories are pretty legendary at this point. But while you were looking the other way at fraud that took place on your watch, you and your ticket mates in the Democratic Party in Minnesota get somewhere between 80 and 90 percent of the vote in Somali-heavy precincts. In your election, re-election, the gentleman sitting next to you won his last election by a mere 21,000 votes. It seems to me, and conventional wisdom here would be, that you were willfully ignorant to..."
Testimony SPEAKER_23
Foreign Influence in American Non-profits: Unmasking Threats from Beij...
house Ways and Means Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"That means candidates, PACs, super PACs, and participating in your campaign's decision-making process. But all those other electoral tools that matter up to and including on Election Day, the issue advocacy campaigns, the nonpartisan GOTV voter registration, because those are not technically elections, a foreign national can finance them. So the solution isn't to change the definition of what is and is not as an election, but to expand the prohibition of what can and cannot be financed with..."
Testimony TENNEY, CLAUDIA
Foreign Influence in American Non-profits: Unmasking Threats from Beij...
house Ways and Means Committee · Feb 10, 2026
"These incidents are not isolated. They're all over upstate New York in my district where I live, and they're coordinated, they're networked, they're well-funded, and we lack the enforcement rules necessary to know who's really behind these. It's also been exposed that these groups seek to disrupt and influence our election systems by proposing ballot initiatives at local and state levels using these nonprofits as cover within the United States. Elections are the cornerstone of our..."
Testimony BIGGS, ANDY
“Oversight of the Office of Special Counsel Jack Smith”
house Judiciary Committee · Jan 22, 2026
"You remember saying that? An elected – it is – see, an elected official who's been deemed to have lost could not knowingly make false statements about election fraud to target a lawful government function. You said that would be illegal. Remember that, Page 27? Do you want me to actually read this"
Testimony GOLDMAN, DANIEL S.
“Oversight of the Office of Special Counsel Jack Smith”
house Judiciary Committee · Jan 22, 2026
"administration to say that the 2020 election was fraudulent, even though, as you have established, it was not. And now there are senior officials in this government who are responsible for protecting our elections who have our election deniers. Can you describe in a few seconds what your concerns are about the upcoming election based on your investigation and what we know today? I actually have two. Um, one is to, uh, article entitled, with A.G. Bondi next to him, Trump says deranged Jack Smith..."
Hearing Oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration
house Communications and Technology Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_02 "Yeah, so one of the things that we need to do is ensure effective leadership at the ITU. The Plenty Potentiary Conference, where upcoming elections are happening, is this November, and so we're working to ensure that Doreen Bogdan-Martin wins her election as Secretary General of the ITU, as well as the U.S. wins in its other elections. Effective leadership is important to ensure that we can promote our interests in an effective way at WRC without surveillance or"
Hearing Hearings to examine Protecting American Citizenship lll: Denaturalization and its Constitutional Limits.
senate Apr 29, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_08 "He is respected and admired by his clients, the courts in which he has argued cases, and even opposing counsel. Both when I served as Ohio Secretary of State, my mission was to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat, a goal I've continued during my time here in the Senate, and during that time as Ohio's Chief Elections Officer, Michael Hendershot was an invaluable partner in our fight for a common sense election security policies. He argued several cases defending Ohio's election laws, ensuring that it lived up to the standard of making it, indeed, easy to vote and hard to cheat. He was on..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Darrell Owens, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Apr 28, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_07 "well represented. Tanzania has been an important ally of the United States. There's been strong military-to-military cooperation with Tanzania. There was a recent election in 2025 that was marred by violence. That election led to the election of a candidate with, I think, a 97 percent vote, which that tells us we ought to be nervous about the state of democracy in Tanzania, but it has been an ally in the past. We want the relationship to be strong. And then finally, Guatemala is a neighbor, a sizable Guatemalan-American population, including in Virginia where I live. The election of President..."
Hearing Hearings to examine worldwide threats; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SH-219.
senate Intelligence (Select) Committee · Mar 18, 2026 · Transcript
WARNER, MARK R. "I believe an organized effort to misuse her national security powers to interfere in domestic politics and potentially provide a pretext for the President's unconstitutional efforts to seize control of the upcoming elections. Don't take my word for it. The President has repeatedly pushed for the nationalization of our elections, calling for federal government to override the state election laws and, quote, take over voting while continuing to make false statements about election fraud. And we have heard troubling rhetoric from senior officials that reinforce these"
Hearing “Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part II”
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Mar 4, 2026 · Transcript
LANGWORTHY, NICHOLAS A. "to deny and deflect, and your stories are pretty legendary at this point. But while you were looking the other way at fraud that took place on your watch, you and your ticket mates in the Democratic Party in Minnesota get somewhere between 80 and 90 percent of the vote in Somali-heavy precincts. In your election, re-election, the gentleman sitting next to you won his last election by a mere 21,000 votes. It seems to me, and conventional wisdom here would be, that you were willfully ignorant to these crimes in return for a community support. That's totally false, thousands of votes. He won by..."
Hearing Budget Hearing - Supreme Court of the United States
house Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
PEREZ, MARIE GLUESENKAMP "One of my concerns with Congress' increase in the security funding for members of Congress that we recently executed here was that it's not really addressing the root cause of the increased threats of violence and the underlying sort of lack of accountability for people making these threats. I don't want to make soft targets out of my local electeds, my teachers, my nurses, because we are hardening our security infrastructure as elected officials. You know, if my kitchen is flooding, I turn off the water before I start mopping up around the kitchen, and so I'm wondering what can be done to..."
Hearing Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_02 "Loader from New York. Thank you, Chairman. Thank you for your leadership. Mr. Rowe, thank you for being here today, sir. The 2024 election was a choice election that was particularly significant to our nation's trajectory. For a long time, many folks felt like they were being taken for granted, spoken to during campaign season, and forgotten the rest of the year. They felt betrayed by the people and parties who had long claimed to stand with them, only to watch those same voices turn their backs when it came to fight for jobs, wages, and working conditions. They were welders and carpenters,..."
Hearing “Northern Exposure: Assessing the Evolving Threat Landscape at America's Northern Border”
house Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript
JOHNSON, JULIE "the funding for your agencies, as a political tool for elections, saying that if they're going to take $1 billion out of your budget for states that don't comply with their voter fraud routings, do you have extra agents to deploy to election sites throughout this country, sir? OK, so when the administration says that they're going to use Homeland"
Hearing Hearings to examine reforming the U.S. Postal Service's business model.
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript
PETERS, GARY C. "We need to protect the integrity of the voting rolls. We need to protect the separation of elections from federal government and ensure that our state and local governments are the ones administering their own elections. That's what this is"
Testimony MORELLE, JOSEPH D.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"which are an essential part of our Democratic system, as has been mentioned by each of my colleagues. They provide transparency in our elections, which enhances dramatically the necessary public trust that Americans must feel that their elections are fair and that they are secure. They are. We want to make sure they continue to believe that. And poll watchers and election observers help provide that transparency, often in a volunteer capacity. And they ensure that the electoral process is..."
Testimony MORELLE, JOSEPH D.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"They are. We want to make sure they continue to believe that. And poll watchers and election observers help provide that transparency, often in a volunteer capacity. And they ensure that the electoral process is visible to the American public, and that's worthy of the trust our democracy requires to thrive, and particularly in an environment where it is too often called into question. Crucially in the United States, election observers do not favor one party over another. However, observers..."
Testimony MORELLE, JOSEPH D.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"Constitution invests substantial and broad authority in Congress with respect to federal elections, including the power to hear and decide contests brought to challenge the results of congressional elections. Pursuant to Article I, Section 5, Clause 1 of the Constitution, each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members, something I suspect many Americans don't know. They may also not know that Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 of the Constitution,..."
Testimony MORELLE, JOSEPH D.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"election contests. Whether the facts of an election contest warrant further investigation by the committee depends in significant measure on the fact-finding conducted by observers in an election contest and the credibility of those claims. And vitally, the impartial and bipartisan nature of the program helps give Americans confidence that should a contested election arise in the House, it will be resolved fairly and honorably without regard for partisan outcomes. I am concerned that this..."
Testimony MORELLE, JOSEPH D.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"All of these break precedent. This early unilateral deployment not only ignored past precedent and past practice, it contravened an October 2024 joint letter I sent with Chairman Stile to election administrators which professed that the House election observer process is a, quote, bipartisan program in which observers are deployed in bipartisan pairs. Sadly, the chair ignored his own observations in that letter by sending people out of bipartisan or not bipartisan pairs and deployed them ahead..."
Testimony LEE, LAUREL M.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"Today we have one witness panel. I will now introduce our witnesses. Wesley Wilcox, the Supervisor of Elections in Marion County, Florida. Next, we have Mr. Lance Reed, the Director of the Board of Elections in Summit County, Ohio. And finally, we have Ms. Paige Whitaker, a Legislative Attorney at the Congressional Research Service. Each witness panel will now recognize Supervisor Wilcox for the purpose of giving an opening statement. I now recognize Director Reed for the purpose of giving an..."
Testimony WESLEY WILCOX
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"Good afternoon, Chairwoman Lee, Ranking Member Sewell, and members of the Subcommittee. My name is Wesley Wilcox, and I serve as the Supervisor of Elections for Marion County, Florida. I am also a past President of the Florida Supervisors of Elections Association, and I've spent nearly 40 years in election administration. Over those years, I've watched the role of poll observers evolve dramatically. And from where I sit, one of the biggest changes has been in that program. I believe it's been a..."
Testimony WESLEY WILCOX
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"I have over 1,200 citizens who voluntarily signed up because they wanted to understand how elections work. We need to embrace this new interest. I believe this is an opportunity to reach a group of voters that, up to this point, we've been unable to reach. I believe training poll watchers and our partners in transparency when observers understand their role, follow the rules, and work professionally alongside election officials, they help strengthen the public confidence, allowing us to..."
Testimony PAIGE WHITAKER
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"Prior to the passage of the COCOA Act, the House of Representatives had for decades conducted a congressional election observer program dating back to at least the 97th Congress. A committee report accompanying the act explained that even though Congress's constitutional authority to deploy observers supersedes any state law to the contrary, the lack of a statute for the program had created difficulties for observers in certain states. For example, the report cited an incident during the 2020..."
Testimony WESLEY WILCOX
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"Once again, America, you are welcome. One of the things that we did is we instituted credentialing of election workers that are not election workers, I'm sorry, poll watchers. We do a credentialing of them, meaning so that the party or the campaign's candidates or whoever that submit their names of potential poll watchers, we can actually print out a badge so that when that person does show up out of the polling place, it identifies"
Testimony LEE, LAUREL M.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"aspects of elections like the logic and accuracy testing that aren't very well attended oftentimes by the public, and really I think spoke so eloquently to what an opportunity that can be. Would you elaborate for us on why you believe that that transparency and confidence is important not only for candidates participating in an election, but for the public's perception and confidence in elections? And, Director Reed, Ohio recently updated its election officials manual to include guidance on..."
Testimony WESLEY WILCOX
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"You know, now I've got a built-in team of 1,200 people that when they leave my polling places, they can go back to their sphere of influence and provide that information, back to the people that they talk to, and so it exponentially allows us as election administrators to spread the good news about the good work that we do. You know, you mentioned our logic and accuracy, the testing prior to an election, post-election audits. You know, if we could get the general public to come see some of..."
Testimony SEWELL, TERRI A.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"You testified that properly trained poll watchers can, quote, help strengthen public confidence while allowing election administrators to demonstrate the safeguards already built into the system. And I would agree with you on that. Would you agree that adequate federal support for election administrators can also help strengthen public confidence? I mean, part of the, our job is providing adequate funding for elections. And we'd love to know your thought about whether or not that has been, that..."
Testimony LOUDERMILK, BARRY
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"In my home state of Georgia, election laws require poll watchers to complete training and establishes clear standards for governing their conduct and observation within polling places. As Congress considers a similar framework for House election observers, input from state and local election officials, I think, will be very essential. Mr. Wilcox, as we prepare to send House election observers to Florida, what would you recommend for House observers to be prepared in"
Testimony LOUDERMILK, BARRY
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"Okay. Thank you. And I've been on this committee for many years and have participated in setting up election observers. And, Director Reed, can you walk us through Ohio's election observer regulation and procedures? Okay. Have you seen an uptick in the number of observers or interest in the observer"
Testimony LANCE REED
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"actual execution on it yet. Yeah, so we're prepared in that, especially when we've got before election day, let's use that specifically, where the appointment lists have to come before 11 days before election day. We take that list from the different committees, we compile it all into one list, and then that way we're able to provide that to all of our polling locations. That gives our, what we call precinct election officials, our booth workers, the ability to know who's actually allowed to be..."
Testimony MORELLE, JOSEPH D.
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Elec...
house Committee on House Administration · Jul 15, 2026
"So that actually is really important when you think of the distinction between our responsibilities to the Constitution and the responsibilities, so that Americans, regardless of who they vote for, they should understand our responsibilities, because that's important to the congressional election observer program, is that our responsibility is to make sure that we have administered properly and chosen, if it gets to a contested election, who actually received the most votes. So it's not a..."
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Hearings to examine the nomination of Walter Clayton, of New York, to ...
senate Intelligence (Select) Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"I've answered that question. I'm not going to get into that anymore. Yeah, I said I'm going to give you the same answer. The answer to the Chairman was, he asked me if I was an election denier. I am not an election denier. Joe Biden was certified as the president. He went through his process. We went through our electoral process, and I can tell you that I was in my seat at the SEC and worked hard for the As I said to you, we went through our"
Testimony THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK
Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hem...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"economic recovery, and political reconciliation, and then transition to a democratically elected government. I should note here, the interim government and leaders of the 2015 National Assembly of Venezuela, the last democratically elected institution of that country, which we recognized as the government of Venezuela up until a few months ago, shortly before the earthquake, came together and agreed on a very ambitious agenda to put in place the steps necessary to have credible free and fair..."
Testimony THE HONORABLE MICHAEL KOZAK
Hearings to examine the national security strategy and the western hem...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"Not a specific timeline, but we were just discussing sort of the benchmarks. I mentioned that the 2015 National Assembly of Venezuela, which was the last democratically elected one and the one we recognized as the government of Venezuela up until a couple or three months ago, reached an agreement in June with the current interim authority National Assembly to set up working groups, set up the conditions for elections, make any legislative changes that would be necessary to allow people to..."
Testimony SPEAKER_11
Hearings to examine the nominations of Donald Blome, of Illinois, to b...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"I think there's a huge opportunity for us to increase diplomatic relationships with Brazil. We obviously have an election in Brazil that is upcoming here in the first week of October, and regardless of what that election shows, there's an opportunity for us to bridge that And I believe I have the right skill set to be able to do that, assuming I get the"
Testimony KAINE, TIM
Hearings to examine the nominations of Donald Blome, of Illinois, to b...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jul 16, 2026
"I watched both of your state senators absolutely shred the argument that there was anything wrong about the Pennsylvania election results. They were insulted that a Missouri senator would challenge the integrity of the Pennsylvania elections. And they shredded that argument, just like courts have repeatedly shredded the"
Testimony MR. LUIS MENDEZ
A New Beginning for Colombia
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"still precludes Maria Corina from entering Venezuela and not be arrested right and so I think those conversations need to take place not only for Maria Corina but for all Venezuelan political exiles that are interim authorities and as Secretary Rubio has clearly articulated we need to have elections in Venezuela right and so. Can you repeat that again? Yeah we need to have elections in Venezuela. President Secretary Rubio has been very clear that that is part of the democratic transition that..."
Testimony JACKSON, JONATHAN L.
A New Beginning for Colombia
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"In the interest of time, let me just finish this because I think you're pulling me into I'm also concerned about the possibility the United States may have facilitated transnational repression by detaining Colombian asylum seeker and activist Beto Corral. The United States President, Mr. Trump, weighs in on the election, endorses who he wants in the Colombian election. Yet a person here that's an asylum seeker, when they have a voice of opinion, they seem to be shut down. Secretary Rubio has..."
Testimony STANTON, GREG
A New Beginning for Colombia
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"America's interests are best served by respecting Columbia's sovereignty and working constructively with the government the Columbia people freely chose. Following the election of President-elect de la Espreya, President Trump said he would have, quote, total support and strength of the United States, unquote, behind"
Testimony SPEAKER_08
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"so I can't talk specifically about the cases that you mentioned, but overall, what I will say, Senator, is that election integrity is extraordinarily important to this administration, it's important to this body, and so to the extent that the work that we're doing is to make sure that we have fair and honest elections, that the only people voting are the people who are eligible to vote, and that they're only voting once, that's"
Testimony HIRONO, MAZIE K.
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"You see nothing wrong with the president treating DOJ as his own personal law firm to use as a weapon against his perceived enemies and as a way of helping his friends and as a tool to interfere with the upcoming elections. The states run elections in this country, but you want to insert DOJ at every step of the process, suing the states with frivolous claims and sending threatening letters to secretaries of state. You want to suppress the votes of American citizens who will have a chance to..."
Testimony LEE, MIKE
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"can to prevent the Department of Justice from enforcing the law. In the meantime, we've got an interpretation of other provisions of the NVRA that have made it, in tandem with this other problem, virtually impossible to enforce the law prohibiting noncitizen voting in federal elections. In your view, would the Save America Act give the Department of Justice clear authority in its efforts to protect the sanctity and security of those elections?"
Testimony PEREZ, MARIE GLUESENKAMP
Budget Hearing - Supreme Court of the United States
house Appropriations Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"One of my concerns with Congress' increase in the security funding for members of Congress that we recently executed here was that it's not really addressing the root cause of the increased threats of violence and the underlying sort of lack of accountability for people making these threats. I don't want to make soft targets out of my local electeds, my teachers, my nurses, because we are hardening our security infrastructure as elected officials. You know, if my kitchen is flooding, I turn off..."
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Oversight Hearing - Office of Management and Budget
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Loader from New York. Thank you, Chairman. Thank you for your leadership. Mr. Rowe, thank you for being here today, sir. The 2024 election was a choice election that was particularly significant to our nation's trajectory. For a long time, many folks felt like they were being taken for granted, spoken to during campaign season, and forgotten the rest of the year. They felt betrayed by the people and parties who had long claimed to stand with them, only to watch those same voices turn their..."
Testimony JOHNSON, JULIE
“Northern Exposure: Assessing the Evolving Threat Landscape at America...
house Homeland Security Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"the funding for your agencies, as a political tool for elections, saying that if they're going to take $1 billion out of your budget for states that don't comply with their voter fraud routings, do you have extra agents to deploy to election sites throughout this country, sir? OK, so when the administration says that they're going to use Homeland"
Testimony LEE, LAUREL M.
Committee on House Administration Full Committee Markup on Various Mea...
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 24, 2026
"Before coming to Congress, I served as Florida's Secretary of State, where I worked closely with election officials around our state who are responsible for administering secure, accessible, and transparent elections. From that experience, I know that confidence and consistency in our elections is essential. Americans deserve to know that our elections are secure, that rules are applied"
Testimony BICE, STEPHANIE I.
Committee on House Administration Full Committee Markup on Various Mea...
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 24, 2026
"So how in the world can you verify someone's identity with a signature that is not always the same? I want to thank Chairman Stile for working with me to add a provision similar to Oklahoma's election laws to allow for notarization of ballots. In Oklahoma, we passed laws decades ago, actually, to ensure that our elections are safe and Not only are you required to have a notarization of your absentee ballot, but you are required to have a valid photo ID when you go to the"
Testimony MORELLE, JOSEPH D.
Committee on House Administration Full Committee Markup on Various Mea...
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 24, 2026
"bipartisan consensus. I'm going to offer an amendment because bipartisanship was once common in the realm of election administration before the leader of one party wagered that denying the results of an election liberated him from its consequences, from its results. All you have to do is attack it, attack its credibility, and you can absolve yourself of losing an"
Testimony STEIL, BRYAN
Committee on House Administration Full Committee Markup on Various Mea...
house Committee on House Administration · Jun 24, 2026
"I think my interview, as noted, was accurate. I think you posted it, a member here posted it on their own social media because the interview I gave was accurate. And I think most Americans are shocked as to how California runs their elections. There's a lot of problems with how California runs their elections. If you care about building up Americans' confidence in our elections, to me, and that visit was really about one key principle, it's not the discussion today, but that is a simple..."
Testimony PETERS, GARY C.
Hearings to examine reforming the U.S. Postal Service's business model...
senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"We need to protect the integrity of the voting rolls. We need to protect the separation of elections from federal government and ensure that our state and local governments are the ones administering their own elections. That's what this is"
Hearing Full Committee Hearing: “Why the Wait? Unpacking California’s Untimely Election Counting Process”
house Committee on House Administration · Apr 29, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Donald Palmer, Election Assistance Commission
Committee Elections Subcommittee
house Committee on House Administration