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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.

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) today announced the Committee will hold an additional hearing with U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) Inspector General Michael A. Bolton after he delivered a fourth flash report to USCP oversight committees today. The latest report identified significant deficiencies pertaining to the Department’s Containment and Emergency Response Team and First Responders Unit and made more than 20 recommendations. In addition, the latest flash report notes that some of the Inspector General’s findings raised such significant and troubling concerns that he separately provided an urgent advisory to Department leadership before the full report was complete. The upcoming hearing will be the Committee’s fifth public hearing investigating the January 6 attack, more than any other committee in Congress.

Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) released the following statement today regarding President Joe Biden’s announcement that Vice President Kamala Harris will head the White House’s efforts on voting rights and For The People Act: