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MEETING
before the
COMMITTEE ON
HOUSE ADMINISTRATION
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
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MEETING HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, MARCH 29, 2007
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COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION
JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD, California, Chairwoman
ROBERT A. BRADY, Pennsylvania VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan
ZOE LOFGREN, California Ranking Minority Member
MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California
CHARLES A. GONZALEZ, Texas KEVIN McCARTHY, California
SUSAN DAVIS, California
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THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2007
House of Representatives,
Committee on House Administration,
Washington, DC.
The committee met, pursuant to call, at 11:40 a.m., in room
1310, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Robert A. Brady
presiding.
Present: Representatives Brady, Lofgren, McCarthy, and
Ehlers.
Staff Present: Charles Howell, Chief Counsel; Thomas Hicks,
Election Counsel; Janelle Hu, Professional Staff; Matt Pinkus,
Professional Statt/Parliamentarian; Kristin McCowan, Chief
Legislative Clerk; Fred Hay, Minority General Counsel; Gineen
Beach, Minority Counsel; and Peter Sloan, Minority Professional
Staff.
Mr. Brady. Good morning, everyone.
I would like to call the Committee to order at this point
in time.
I would like to recognize the gentlelady from California.
Ms. Lofgren. Thank you.
Mr. Chairman, as we know, we have postponed the markup
scheduled for today because of the spate of illness of our
Chairwoman and her interest in chairing the markup.
But I did want to report from our subcommittee, our
Election Subcommittee--we have had three hearings and the last
one was a very extensive hearing that went on all morning--and
this bipartisan bill has, I think, considerable momentum, that
there were issues raised to us that we hoped to address in the
legislative process when we reconvened after the recess.
But I feel very positive about the energy behind this and
our ability to deal with the issues that have been raised to
us, and I want to give that report and also thank all of the
members from the Election Committee on both sides of the aisle
for their active participation in these sets of hearings.
And that would conclude my brief report, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Brady. I thank the gentlelady.
Mr. Ranking Member, Mr. Ehlers.
Mr. Ehlers. I would just like to respond.
I appreciate the spirit in which the comments were offered.
We have looked at your proposed substitute. We have a number of
amendments to that. I don't see anything that is a stopper. I
think we should be able to work out an agreement, and whatever
we don't work out we will handle through amendments when we
come to the full committee and look where the votes fall.
So I appreciate the spirit in which you made those
comments, and we will continue to work with you and try to get
the best bill we possibly can that will accomplish its
purposes. A bill that will maintain the right of every citizen
to vote, will assure that each citizen's vote, will count, and
that we also take care of the particular problems.
I don't know what the worst problem is, but particularly
taking care of those with disabilities. That is not an easy
issue to solve given the constraints of what we are trying to
do, and we have to continue to do more work on that as well.
So with that, I yield back.
Mr. Brady. I thank the gentleman.
Does anyone else seek recognition?
Nobody else seeks recognition.
I will now have the Committee stand adjourned.
Thank you.
[Whereupon, at 11:43 a.m., the committee was adjourned.]