Press Releases

Sarbanes Delivers Opening Remarks as Hoyer Commits to Bold Anti-Corruption Reforms If Democrats Take Back House [Video]

Sep 12, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today delivered opening remarks ahead of a keynote address by House Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), who said that Democrats would pass a comprehensive suite of democracy reforms if they win back the Majority in the House this November.

Sarbanes Slams House Republicans’ Sham Hearing [Video]

Sep 5, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a partisan House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing convened by House Republicans today, Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) slammed the Republican Majority for wasting taxpayer resources on political charades, rather than pursuing serious inquiries and investigations on behalf of the American people.

Sarbanes Statement on Baltimore’s Progress Toward Citizen-Owned Elections

Jul 30, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) released the following statement today after Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh approved a ballot question that would give voters the opportunity to amend the City charter and create Baltimore’s first citizen-owned election system.

Sarbanes Statement on Latest Developments in Emoluments Lawsuit Against President Trump

Jul 25, 2018

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:

Rep. Sarbanes, Senator Bennet Introduce the CLEAN Politics Act

Bill Would Rein In Pay-to-Play Politics and Reduce the Damaging Influence of Lobbyists on Our Democracy
Jul 25, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) joined Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) today in introducing the Curtailing Lobbyists and Empowering Americans for a New (CLEAN) Politics Act of 2018, a bill to curb pay-to-play politics and limit the undue access and influence of lobbyists in Washington.

Maryland Congressional Delegation Urges DHS to Evaluate Statewide Election Systems

Jul 19, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today joined the entire Maryland Congressional Delegation in urging Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to approve Maryland’s request for technical assistance to review and protect the state’s election systems.

Sarbanes Cosponsors and Introduces Election Vendor Security Act

Jul 19, 2018

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.

Top Democrats Call Attention and Urge Referral of Congressional Candidate Who Requested and Received Stolen Campaign Documents from State-Sponsored Russian Hackers

Jul 19, 2018

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.

Sarbanes Statement on Trump-Putin Meeting

Jul 16, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) released the following statement today after President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Sarbanes Leads Panels That Highlights Bold New Plan to Fix Our Democracy [Video]

Jul 16, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today joined Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) for an event hosted by the Center for American Progress to highlight “A Better Deal for Democracy” – Democrats’ bold new plan to clean up the chaos and corruption in Washington.

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