WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following remarks on July 28, 2023: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Chair of the Regional Leadership Council (RLC), delivered the following remarks after a Regional Leadership Council meeting at the White House this morning. On the first day of the August District Work Period, the Regional Leadership Council joined White House officials for a conversation on the progress that Democrats have made in implementing the In  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following fact sheet: * * * Preventing Election Subversion Act of 2023 In 2022, state legislators introduced over 150 bills in 27 states that would grant more power to partisan actors to threaten or interfere with election workers or processes. In seven states, including Georgia, these bills were signed into law. So far this year, 78 such bills have been introduced in 20 states and at least 10 are moving through four state l  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 28, 2023: Yesterday, Task Force on Strengthening Democracy Co-Chair Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-03) and Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) led a group of House and Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Preventing Election Subversion Act, bicameral legislation that would institute new safeguards to protect state election administration from partisan pressure and empower non-partisan local   more