116th Congress

A critical election security bill to harden our nation’s elections infrastructure passed the House today with bipartisan support. H.R. 2722, the Securing America’s Federal Elections (SAFE) Act, authored by Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren makes meaningful investments to upgrade the security of voting systems across the country to guard against foreign interference in our democracy. The bill passed the House by a 225-184 vote.

Chairperson Zoe Lofgren issued the following statement at today’s markup of H.R. 2722, the SAFE Act, an election security bill to provide funding for states to replace outdated and vulnerable voting equipment, mandate paper ballot voting systems and risk-limiting post-election audits, and contains strict cybersecurity requirements for election technology vendors and voting systems, among other provisions.

Today, the Committee on House Administration Chairperson favorably reported H.R. 2722, the Securing America’s Federal Elections (SAFE) Act of 2019, an election security bill to provide funding for states to replace outdated and vulnerable voting equipment, mandate paper ballot voting systems and risk-limiting post-election audits, and contains strict cybersecurity requirements for election technology vendors and voting systems, among other provisions. The bill passed the Committee and will be considered on the House floor next week.

Chairperson Zoe Lofgren and Ranking Member Rodney Davis issued a statement on the Capitol Police Board’s selection of Steven A. Sund as the 10th Chief of Police of the U.S. Capitol Police.

WASHINGTON, DC – Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) issued the following statement congratulating the founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, Lonnie G. Bunch III, on being named the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian.

Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren questioned the White House and Trump campaign over how, and to what extent, the Trump campaign reimburses the public for campaign-related activities that utilize official government resources.