Media

WASHINGTON – Voting in federal elections should remain confined to only American citizens, witnesses testifying to the Committee on House Administration agreed in a hearing Thursday, but differences still remain over how to achieve that goal.

WASHINGTON – Election reforms included in the Help America Vote Act, and efforts to implement them over the past several years have led to significant improvements in the administration of elections in this country, members of the Committee on House Administration were told Thursday, although much work remains to be done and improvements continue to be made across the country.

WASHINGTON – Chairman Vernon J. Ehlers and other members of the House Administration Committee, in a hearing Thursday, strongly expressed their concerns to officials from the Smithsonian Institution about a controversial contract that some say could unfairly restrict the use of the Smithsonian's resources.

WASHINGTON – Chairman Vernon J. Ehlers, R-Mich., announced today that the Committee on House Administration will conduct a hearing on the operations and investments of Smithsonian Business Ventures, including Smithsonian on Demand, at 12 noon, Thursday, May 25, 2006, in room 1310 of the Longworth House Office Building .

WASHINGTON – The Committee on House Administration Thursday favorably reported to the U.S. House of Representatives portions of the Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (H.R. 4975), Chairman Vernon J. Ehlers announced.

The committee held a markup of the bill on the following sections:

WASHINGTON – Chairman Vernon J. Ehlers, R-Mich., announced today that the Committee on House Administration will mark up portions of Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (H.R. 4975) at 2 p.m., Thursday, April 6, 2006, in room 1310 of the Longworth House Office Building.

WASHINGTON – Committee on House Administration Chairman Vernon J. Ehlers, R-Mich., issued the following statement following Wednesday’s announcement by House Majority Leader John Boehner that floor consideration of the Online Freedom of Speech Act (H.R. 1606) would be postponed:

WASHINGTON – Committee on House Administration Chairman Vernon J. Ehlers, R-Mich., proudly joined with his colleagues today in passing by unanimous voice vote, House Concurrent Resolution 350, which permits the use of the U.S. Capitol as part of a commemoration of the days of remembrance for victims of the Holocaust.