Press Releases

Oct 13, 2011

CHA Dems Send Cost Saving Recommendations to Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction

House Administration - Democratic Members wrote to the Co-Chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction with 4 cost saving initiatives that help reduce the deficit & streamline government operations without impacting service

Oct 4, 2011

House Administration Democrats Condemn Spending Increase for DOMA Defense

Issues: DOMA

Reps Robert A. Brady (D-PA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released the following statement upon learning that the Republican Leadership increased the contracted amount from $500,000 to $1.5 Million of taxpayer money.

Oct 3, 2011

Gonzalez Condemns Move to Deny Ballots to Military Voters

Issues: Elections

Rep. Charles A. Gonzalez, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Elections- response to CO Secretary of State Gessler’s decision to prohibit Pueblo County to mail ballots for CO’s upcoming election to military voters deployed overseas.

Sep 28, 2011

Elections Subcommittee Democrats Seek Investigation of Colorado Secretary of State

Issues: Elections

Congressmen Bob Brady and Charles A. Gonzalez, the Ranking Members of the Committee on House Administration & its Subcommittee on Elections, have requested an investigation into actions taken by Colorado Secretary of State, Scott Gessler.

Sep 28, 2011

Office of Compliance (OOC) Report Cites Decline in Congressional Workplace Hazards

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

Sep 8, 2011

Gonzalez Testifies Against New Barriers To The Ballot Box

Issues: Elections

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.

Aug 16, 2011

Gonzalez Calls for Investigation of Potential Campaign Finance Law Violations

Elections Subcommittee Ranking Member Urges FEC and Justice Department to Review Anonymous Million Dollar Donation

Jul 26, 2011

Brady Calls for Congress to Fulfill Commitment to Fund Smithsonian National Museum of African American H&C

Issues: Smithsonian

Brady called on his Congressional colleagues to join him in expressing their opposition to the proposed reduction in funding the National Museum of African American History and Culture, under the Smithsonian Institution.

Jul 22, 2011

Committee on House Administration - Ranking Democratic Member Robert A. Brady's statement on Legislative branch appropriations bill

Issues: Administration

Below is a copy of Mr. Brady’s statement for the record on the Legislative branch appropriations bill to be considered later this evening.

Jul 18, 2011

Gonzalez Blasts Efforts By Several States To Restrict Voter Access

Issues: Elections

Expanded Voter ID requirements would disfranchise minorities, seniors, students and low income Americans

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