Relevant Hearings and Testimony from the 116th Congress
Hearings and testimony related to H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2019
The For the People Act of 2019 (H.R. 1)
Committee on House Administration Hearing – February 14, 2019
Panel 1
- Testimony of Wendy Weiser, Democracy Program Director at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Chiraag Bains, Legal Strategies Director at Demos
- Testimony of Fred Wertheimer, President of Democracy 21
Panel 2
- Testimony of Alejandro Rangel-Lopez, Senior at Dodge City High School
- Testimony of Peter Earle, Wisconsin Civil Rights Trial Lawyer
- Testimony of Brandon A. Jessup, Executive Director of Michigan Forward
House Committee on Ways & Means Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on Legislative Proposals and Tax Law Related to Presidential and Vice-Presidential Tax Returns - February 7, 2019
- Testimony of Joseph J. Thorndike, Director of the Tax History Project
- Testimony of George K. Yin, Edwin S. Cohen Distinguished Professor of Law and Taxation at the University of Virginia School of Law
- Testimony of Noah Bookbinder, Executive Director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
- Testimony of Steven M. Rosenthal, Senior Fellow at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Hearing on Ethics Provisions – February 6, 2019
- Testimony of Rudy Mehrbani, Senior Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Karen Hobert Flynn, President of Common Cause
- Testimony of Scott Amey, General Counsel at the Project on Government Oversight
- Testimony of Walter Shaub Jr., Senior Advisor at Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
- Response to Testimony of Bradley M. Smith to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform
House Judiciary Committee Hearing – January 29, 2019
- Testimony of Vanita Gupta, President & CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Testimony of Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP LDF
- Testimony of Adav Noti, Trial Litigation Senior Director & Chief of Staff of the Campaign Legal Center
- Testimony of Sarah Turberville, Constitution Project Director at the Project on Government Oversight
- Brennan Center Letter to the House Judiciary Committee in Support of the For the People Act
The Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 (H.R. 4)
Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections Hearing on Voting Rights and Election Administration in America – October 17, 2019
- Hearing Video
- Testimony of Michael Waldman, President of the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Barbara Arnwine, Co-Chair of the National Commission for Voter Justice
- Testimony of Michelle Bishop, Voting Rights Specialist at the National Disability Rights Network
- Testimony of Kristen Clarke, President & Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Testimony of Hannah Fried, Director of All Voting Is Local
- Testimony of Dale Ho, Director of the Voting Rights Project
- Testimony of Virginia Kase, CEO of the League of Women Voters
- Testimony of Catherine E. Lhamon, Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
- Testimony of Denise Lieberman, Senior Attorney and Director of the Power and Democracy Program at the Advancement Project
- Testimony of Elena Nunez, Director of State Operations & Ballot Measure Strategies at Common Cause
- Testimony of Deuel Ross, Senior Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
- Testimony of Thomas Saenz, President & Senior Counsel of MALDEF
- Testimony of Arturo Vargas, CEO of the NALEO Education Fund
- Testimony of Brenda Wright, Senior Advisor for Legal Strategies at Demos
- Testimony of John C. Yang, President & Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice
House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Evidence of Current and Ongoing Voting Discrimination – September 10, 2019
- Testimony of Myrna Perez, Director of the Voting Rights and Elections Program at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP
- Testimony of Vanita Gupta, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Testimony of J. Christian Adams, President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation
- Testimony of Dale Ho, Voting Rights Project Director at the ACLU
- Testimony of Natalie A. Landreth, Senior Staff Attorney at the Native American Rights Fund
House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Hearing on the Voting Rights Act – June 25, 2019
- Testimony of Stacey Abrams, Founder and Chair of Fair Fight Action
- Testimony of Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Testimony of Kyle Hawkins, Solicitor General of Texas
- Testimony of Leah Aden, Deputy Director of Litigation at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
Committee on House Administration Hearing on Voting Rights and Election Administration in Alabama – May 13, 2019
- Testimony of James Blacksher, Attorney
- Testimony of Jenny Carroll, Professor of Law at the University of Alabama Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. School of Law
- Testimony of Ernest Montgomery, Council Member of Calera City Council
- Testimony of Nancy Abudu, Deputy Legal Director, Voting Rights at the Southern Poverty Law Center
- Testimony of Scott Douglas, Executive Director of Greater Birmingham Ministries
- Testimony of Isabel Rubio, Executive Director of the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama
- Testimony of Benard Simelton Jr., President of the Alabama Conference of the NAACP
Committee on House Administration Voting Rights and Election Administration in Florida – May 6, 2019
- Testimony of Anjenys Gonzales-Eilert, Executive Director of Common Cause Florida
- Testimony of Marleine Bastien, Executive Director of Family Action Network
- Testimony of Nancy Batista, Florida State Director of Mi Familia Vota
- Testimony of Andrew Gillum, Chair of Forward Florida
House Committee on the Judiciary Hearing on Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act in the State of Texas – May 3, 2019
- Testimony of Ernest Herrera, Staff Attorney at MALDEF
- Testimony of Gary Bledsoe, President of the NAACP Texas State Conference
- Testimony of Jayla Allen, Chair of Rock the Vote
- Testimony of Michael Morley, Assistant Professor at Florida State University College of Law
- Testimony of Mimi Marziani, President of the Texas Civil Rights Project
- Testimony of Jerry Vattamala, Democracy Program Director at the Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund
- Testimony of Jose Garza, Attorney at Garza Golando Moran PLLC
Committee on House Administration Hearing on Voting Rights and Election Administration in Ohio – April 25, 2019
- Testimony of Naila Awan, Senior Counsel at Demos
- Testimony of Mike Brickner, Ohio State Director of All Voting is Local
- Testimony of Daniel Ortiz, Outreach Director at Policy Matters Ohio
- Testimony of Tom Roberts, President of the Ohio Conference of the NAACP
- Testimony of Elaine Tso, Interim Co-Chief Executive Officer of Asian Services in Action
- Testimony of Inajo Chappell, member of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections
Committee on House Administration Hearing on Voting Rights and Election Administration in North Carolina – April 18, 2019
- Testimony of Rev. Dr. William Barber II, President and Senior Lecturer for Repairers of the Breach
- Testimony of Thomas Lopez, Executive Director of Democracy North Carolina
- Testimony of Irving L. Joyner, Professor of Law at North Carolina Central University School of Law
- Testimony of Patricia Timmons-Goodson, Vice-Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
- Testimony of Dan Blue, Minority Leader of the North Carolina State Senate
- Testimony of Caitlin Swain. Co-Director of Forward Justice
Committee on House Administration Hearing on Voting Rights and Election Administration in the Dakotas – April 16, 2019
- Testimony of Charles Walker, Councilman at Large of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
- Testimony of Rodger White Owl, CEO of the Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation
- Testimony of Alysia LaCounte, General Council of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
- Testimony of Myra PearsonChairwoman of the Spirit Lake Nation
- Testimony of Jacqueline De Leon, Staff Attorney at the Native American Rights Fund
- Testimony of Ruth Buffalo, North Dakota State Representative
- Testimony of Prairie Rose Seminole, Community Organizer
- Testimony of OJ Semans, Jr., Co-Executive Director of Four Directions
House Committee on the Judiciary Hearing on the History and Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 – March 12, 2019
- Testimony of Catherine Lhamon, Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
- Testimony of Thomas Saenz, President and General Council of MALDEF
- Testimony of Dr. Peyton McCrary, Professional Lecturer in Law at George Washington University Law School
Committee on House Administration Hearing on Voting Rights and Election Administration in Georgia – Feb. 19, 2019
- Testimony of Stacey Abrams, CEO and Founder of Fair Fight Action
- Testimony of Sean J. Young, Legal Director of the Georgia ACLU
- Testimony of Cliff Albright, Cofounder of Black Votes Matter
- Testimony of Stacey Hopkins, Fulton County Voter
- Testimony of Gilda Daniels, Director of Litigation at the Advancement Project
Related Democracy Reform Hearings
Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Elections Hearing on the Impact of COVID-19 On Voting Rights and Election Administration: Ensuring Safe and Fair Elections – June 11, 2020
Panel 1
- Testimony of The Honorable Marcy Kaptur, Member of Congress in Washington D.C.
- Testimony of The Honorable Gwen Moore, Member of Congress in Washington D.C.
Panel 2
- Testimony of Lawrence Norden, Director of the Election Reform Program at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of The Honorable R. Kyle Ardoin, Louisiana Secretary of State
- Testimony of Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Testimony of Mark Dimondstein, President of the American Postal Workers Union
- Testimony of Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director of the Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund., Inc.
- Testimony of The Honorable John H. Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State
- R Street Statement for the Record
- Niskanen Center Statement for the Record
House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Hearing on Protecting the Right to Vote During the COVID-19 Pandemic – June 3, 2020
- Testimony of Myrna Pérez, Director of the Voting Rights and Elections Program at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Stacey Abrams, Chair of Fair Fight Action
- Testimony of J. Christian Adams, President and General Counsel at the Public Interest Legal Foundation
- Testimony of Barbara Arnwine, President of Transformative Justice Coalition
- Testimony of The Honorable Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State
- Testimony of Michelle Bishop, Disability Advocacy Specialist for Voting Rights at the National Disability Rights Network
- Testimony of Tom Fitton, President of Judicial Watch
- Testimony of Dale Ho, Director of the Voting Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union
House Committee on Homeland Security Hearing on Election Security & Integrity During a Pandemic – June 1, 2020
- Speakers:
- Wendy Weiser, Democracy Program Director at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Leigh Chapman, Director of the Voting Rights Program at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Committee on House Administration Hearing on 2020 Election Security- Perspectives From Voting System Vendors and Experts – January 9, 2020
- Testimony of Liz Howard, Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Matt Blaze, Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center
- Testimony of Tom Burt, President and CEO of Election Systems & Software
- Testimony of Mike Gianasi, County Clerk and Recorder of Christian County, Illinois
- Testimony of Dr. Juan Gilbert, Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor & Chair at the University of Florida
- Testimony of Julie Mathis, President and CEO of Hart InterCivic
- Testimony of The Honorable Donald Palmer, Chair of the Election Assistance Commission
- Testimony of John Poulos, President and CEO of Dominion Voting Systems
- Testimony of Rev. T. Anthony Spearman, President of the North Carolina NAACP
House Committee on Homeland Security Committee Hearing on Preparing for 2020: How Illinois is Securing Elections – October 15, 2019
- Hearing Video
- Testimony of Liz Howard, Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Matt Masterson, Senior Cybersecurity Advisor at the Department of Homeland Security
- Testimony of Steve Sandvoss, Executive Director of the Illinois Board of Elections
- Testimony of Robin O’Connor, Lake County, Illinois Clerk
Committee on House Administration Hearing on Oversight of the Federal Election Commission - September 25, 2019 (postponed)
- Testimony of Daniel I. Weiner, Deputy Director of the Election Reform Program at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Caroline Hunter, Commissioner at the Federal Election Commission
- Testimony of Steven Walther, Commissioner at the Federal Election Commission
- Testimony of Ellen Weintraub, Chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission
- Testimony of Adav Noti, Senior Director at the Campaign Legal Center
- Testimony of Bradley A. Smith, Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Professor of Law at the Capital University School of Law
- Testimony of Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Leroy Highbaugh Sr. Research Chair and Professor of Law at the Stetson University College of Law
Committee on House Administration Hearing on Election Security - May 8, 2019
- Testimony of Larry Norden, Deputy Director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Marian Schneider, President of Verified Voting
- Testimony of Dr. Joseph Lorenzo Hall, Chief Technologist of the Center for Democracy & Technology
- Testimony of Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Hearing on Protecting the Right to Vote: Best and Worst Practices - May 1, 2019
- Testimony of Myrna Perez, Director of the Voting Rights & Elections Program at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Leigh Chapman, Director of the Voting Rights Program at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Testimony of Dale Ho, Director of the Voting Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union