Press Releases
Bill Would Rein In Pay-to-Play Politics and Reduce the Damaging Influence of Lobbyists on Our Democracy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) released the following statement today after U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte rejected President Trump’s attempt to halt a lawsuit accusing him of violating the U.S. Constitution by maintaining a personal financial interest in the Trump International Hotel in Washington:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today joined Representatives Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), John Delaney (D-Md.), C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), Anthony Brown (D-Md.), Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Robert A.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today joined House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) and House Administration Committee Ranking Member Robert A.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) released the following statement today on the resignation of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt.
The By the People Resolution Lays the Groundwork to Fix Our Democracy and Return Us to Government Of, By and For the People
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today led more than 160 House Democrats in introducing the By the People Resolution.
Bill Would Increase Transparency and Guard Against Foreign Interference by Requiring Disclosure of Secret Political Money
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today joined all Senate Democrats and 145 House Democrats in introducing the DISCLOSE Act, a bill to shine a light on the unlimited secret political spending in American elections.