[House Hearing, 118 Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



 
                    AMERICAN CONFIDENCE IN ELECTIONS:
                      PROTECTING POLITICAL SPEECH

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                                HEARING

                               BEFORE THE

                           COMMITTEE ON HOUSE
                             ADMINISTRATION

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                    ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS

                             FIRST SESSION
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                              MAY 11, 2023
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                              PART 2 OF 2
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      Printed for the use of the Committee on House Administration
      
      
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                   COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION

                    BRYAN STEIL, Wisconsin, Chairman

BARRY LOUDERMILK, Georgia            JOSEPH MORELLE, New York,
H. MORGAN GRIFFITH, Virginia              Ranking Member
GREG MURPHY, North Carolina          TERRI A. SEWELL, Alabama
STEPHANIE BICE, Oklahoma             NORMA TORRES, California
MIKE CAREY, Ohio                     DEREK KILMER, Washington
ANTHONY D'ESPOSITO, New York
LAUREL LEE, Florida

                     Tim Monahan,  Staff Director 
                 Jamie Fleet,  Minority Staff Director 

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                                 PART 1
                           Opening Statements

Chairman Bryan Steil, Representative from the State of Wisconsin.     1
    Prepared statement of Chairman Bryan Steil...................     3
Ranking Member Joseph Morelle, Representative from the State of 
  New York.......................................................     3
    Prepared statement of Ranking Member Joseph Morelle..........     5

                               Witnesses

Harmeet K. Dhillon, managing partner, Dhillon Law Group Inc......    32
    Prepared statement of Ms. Harmeet K. Dhillon.................    35
Audrey Perry Martin, partner, The Gober Group....................    48
    Prepared statement of Audrey Perry Martin....................    50
Justin Riemer, principal, Riemer Law, LLC........................    55
    Prepared statement of Justin Riemer..........................    57
Bradley A. Smith, chairman and founder, Institute for Free Speech    61
    Prepared statement of Bradley A. Smith.......................    63
Stephen Spaulding, Vice President for Policy and External 
  Affairs, Common Cause..........................................    71
    Prepared statement of Stephen Spaulding......................    73

                       Submissions for the Record

Santos Indictment................................................     8
New York Times article...........................................    28
NAACP v. Alabama article.........................................    88
Social Media Review..............................................   179

                                 PART 2

Social Media Review [continued].................................. 1,079
Letter of parliamentarian appointment............................ 2,119

                        Questions for the Record

Bradley A. Smith answers to submitted questions.................. 2,121
Stephen Spaulding answers to submitted questions................. 2,133

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    Chairman Steil. I will note I believe the first document 
was produced in the personal office of Ms. Lofgren, not from 
the Committee, if that is accurate.
    I appreciate all of our witnesses being here today. I think 
we are having a really good conversation about how we make it 
easy to vote, hard to cheat, about how we protect individuals' 
First Amendment rights. And I think it is really important that 
we are holding this hearing on the 10th anniversary or near the 
10th anniversary, almost to the day, of the Lois Lerner 
debacle.
    We need to make sure we are protecting the freedom of 
speech here in the United States of America. I think the ACE 
Act moves us forward in that direction.
    I appreciate everyone's time today.
    Members of the Committee may have some additional questions 
for you, and we ask that you please respond to those questions 
in writing.
    And pursuant to paragraph c of Rule 14 of the Rules of the 
Committee, I hereby appoint Caleb Hays, a member of my staff, 
as parliamentarian of the Committee.
    I seek unanimous consent that the letter be entered into 
the official record. A copy of the letter was made available to 
all Committee Members.
    [The letter follows:]

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    Chairman Steil. Without objection, each Member will have 5 
legislative days to insert additional materials into the record 
or to revise and extend their remarks.
    If there is no further business, I thank the Members for 
their participation.
    Without objection, the Committee stands adjourned.
    [Whereupon, at 11:20 a.m., the Committee was adjourned.]

                    QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD

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