WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, issued the following joint statement on Jan. 5, 2022: * * * Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Subcommittee on Elections Chairman G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) issued the following statement today. "Nearly a year ago, we witnessed firsthand some of our democracy's most fragile moments. Undoubtedly, the events of January 6, 2021, exposed serious flaws in the Electoral Count Act of 1887. The ECA is more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, chairman of the House Administration Committee, issued the following joint statement on Jan. 5, 2022, with Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, chairman of the Subcommittee on Elections, regarding the Electoral Count Act and voting rights: * * * "Nearly a year ago, we witnessed firsthand some of our democracy's most fragile moments. Undoubtedly, the events of January 6, 2021, exposed serious flaws in the Electoral Count Act of 1887. The more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Jan. 5, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced he will support the nomination of Kathi Vidal to be Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property. "It's a well-known fact that I strongly support the reforms taken by former Director Andrei Iancu to make the Patent Trial and Appeal Board a more fair and equitable forum for more PR