Press Releases
Gonzalez Testifies Against Voter Suppression
November 14, 2011 (Washington, DC) Elections Subcommittee Ranking Member, Charles Gonzalez (D-TX) submitted testimony to a Congressional forum entitled, “Excluded from Democracy: The Impact of Recent State Voting Law Changes.” The forum is the first pro
House Admin Democrats Raise Questions About Operations of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
October 19, 2011 (Washington, DC) Committee on House Administration (CHA) Democrats were alarmed to learn that Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (OGR) Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) had disapproved travel for OGR Democratic staff to attend a forum related to the Committee's oversight of federal drug policy.
House Administration Democrats Denounce Republican Plan to Eliminate the EAC
October 14, 2011 (Washington, DC) The Democratic Members of the House Administration Committee unanimously denounced the Republican Members' recommendation that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction eliminate the Election Assistance Commission.
CHA Dems Send Cost Saving Recommendations to Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction
October 13, 2011 (Washington D.C.) Democratic Members of the Committee on House Administration wrote a letter to the Co-Chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction with four cost saving initiatives within the Legislative
House Administration Democrats Condemn Spending Increase for DOMA Defense
House Republicans Modify Contract to Waste $1.5 Million Defending Unconstitutional Law
When the Department of Justice decided not to defend the unconstitutional Defense of Marriage Act, House Republican Leadership contracted legal services from Bancroft
Gonzalez Condemns Move to Deny Ballots to Military Voters
September 30, 2011 (San Antonio) – Rep. Charles A. Gonzalez, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Elections, released the following statement in response to Colorado Secretary of State Gessler's decision to prohibit Pueblo County to mail ballots for Colorado's upcoming election to military voters deployed overseas.
Office of Compliance (OOC) Report Cites Decline in Congressional Workplace Hazards
Committee on House Administration Commends Architect for 60 Percent Reduction in Congressional Workplace Hazards Since 109th Congress
WASHINGTON – Today, Committee on House Administration Chairman Dan Lungren, R-Calif., and Ranking Member Robert Brady, D-Pa., issued the following joint statement on the 2010 Annual Report issued by the Office of Compliance (OOC):
Elections Subcommittee Democrats Seek Investigation of Colorado Secretary of State
September 28, 2011 (Washington, DC) – In a letter to Thomas Perez, Assistant Attorney General in the Civil rights Division of the Department of Justice, Congressmen Bob Brady and Charles A.
Gonzalez Testifies Against New Barriers To The Ballot Box
Voter ID requirements would disfranchise minorities, seniors, students and low income Americans
Washington, D.C. - Elections Subcommittee Ranking Member Charles A.
Gonzalez Calls for Investigation of Potential Campaign Finance Law Violations
( August 16, 2011) Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Charles Gonzalez (TX-20), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Elections, made public a letter he wrote to the Federal Elections Commission and Department of Justice calling for an investigation of the anonymous donation of $1,000,000 to a so-called "Super PAC" supporting presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Rep.