February 14, 2007                                                       202-225-3072, kyra.jennings@mail.house.gov

Washington, DC – Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) today was named Chair of the House Administration Subcommittee on Elections for the 110^th Congress.  The Subcommittee will handle most federal election related issues, including matters pertaining to the Federal Election Campaign Act, the Help America Vote Act, the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), the Elections Assistance Commission (EAC), Presidential public financing. 

“It is critically important that our country’s voting system has integrity.  We must ensure that when American citizens cast their vote, they know their vote is going to be counted and that it is going to be counted the way it was cast,” said Rep. Lofgren.

This is the first time the House Administration Committee has utilized Subcommittees since the Republican majority eliminated the six House Administration Subcommittees in 1995.