[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 83 (Friday, May 15, 2026)]
[House]
[Pages H3543-H3544]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         BRING THE DEEPLY DAMAGING REDISTRICTING WAR TO AN END

  (Mr. KILEY of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KILEY of California. Mr. Speaker, as I have warned for the last 
year, the redistricting war has spun totally out of control. Those 
States that have enacted new maps include Texas, California, Missouri, 
Ohio, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida.
  Those looking to do so, either for 2026 or 2028, include New York, 
New Jersey,

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Washington, Colorado, Oregon, Maryland, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, 
Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada, Louisiana, South Carolina, Alabama, 
Mississippi, and Georgia.
  This is a disaster for our democracy, and we need to bring it to an 
end.
  I have introduced legislation to do just that by prohibiting mid-
decade redistricting. The good news is, there is growing bipartisan 
support for this. On the Republican side, cosponsors of my bill include 
Representatives Kiggans and Baird. On the Democrat side, 
Representatives Cleaver and Landsman recently endorsed the legislation, 
and the Minority Leader, Hakeem Jeffries, appeared to do so as well, 
saying the only reason he is participating in the redistricting war is 
that there is not a national standard that prohibits mid-decade 
redistricting.
  I encourage the minority leader to endorse explicitly my legislation. 
I will encourage every Member to sign the discharge petition I have 
opened so we can bring the deeply damaging redistricting war to an end.

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