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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 proceeding on the subject in the House, although this year has witnessed dozens of states considering or adopting legislation dramatically changing the voting process.
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. CHA Democratic Members, Representatives Bob Brady (D-PA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), sent a letter to Chairman Issa, seeking further information on the review and approval process of Democratic expenses on the OGR Committee.
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.
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 Branch that will help reduce the deficit and streamline government operations without impacting service.
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 PLLC to defend discrimination.
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.
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):
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, the Ranking Members of the Committee on House Administration and its Subcommittee on Elections, respectively, have requested an investigation into actions taken by Colorado Secretary of State, Scott Gessler. Last week, Sec.
Voter ID requirements would disfranchise minorities, seniors, students and low income Americans
Washington, D.C. - Elections Subcommittee Ranking Member Charles A. Gonzalez testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights, at a hearing entitled "New State Voting Laws: Barriers to the Ballot?" Congressman Gonzalez's testimony denounced the sweeping, widespread, and coordinated effort to disenfranchise millions of voters.
( 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. Gonzalez's also called for an examination of the rules on disclosure of political donations.