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Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and Representative Joe Morelle (N.Y.-25), Ranking Member of the Committee on House Administration, expressed serious concerns and requested clarifying guidance in a letter regarding a revised U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) federal grant agreement that is causing confusion and opposition among state grant recipients across the country who fear they may not be able to access crucial EAC election security funding.

Rep. Joe Morelle (NY-25), the top Democrat on the Committee on House Administration, issued the following statement in support of the police officers who served on January 6, 2021, after the Department of Justice’s decision to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of an insurrectionist.

Today, Representative Joe Morelle (NY-25), Ranking Member of the Committee on House Administration, and Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, issued the following joint statement after President Trump released his disastrous budget proposal that guts funding for election security and administration.

Rep. Joe Morelle (NY-25), the top Democrat on the Committee on House Administration, issued this statement following FEC Commissioner Allen Dickerson’s resignation.

Today, during the House Administration Committee’s hearing on California election administration and ballot counting process, committee Democrats blasted proposed Republican election policy, like the House-passed SAVE Act and the President’s anti-voter executive order while calling for thoughtful and legitimate oversight of federal elections.

Rep. Joe Morelle (NY-25), the top Democrat on the Committee on House Administration, led all Democratic Committee Members in sending a letter to Vice President and Smithsonian Regent JD Vance rejecting the President’s overreaching and destructive Proclamation on the Smithsonian Institution.