Video: Representatives defend DC at House hearing on elections

On Wednesday, June 7, 2023, the House Committees on Oversight and Administration held a joint hearing on DC elections. It was the third hearing the House has held this year on proposals that would interfere in DC law.

"Three DC-based hearings in, and I can only think of one reason why we are here yet again to conduct all this oversight on this one midsized city that doesn't have a state or any representation,” Congresswoman Summer Lee said during the hearing. “We're not seeing this oversight over conservative areas, we're not seeing this oversight over majority white areas or white states. So it must be that DC has over 45% of Black votes with a very suppressible vote. Because that's the real goal here: to disenfranchise Black and Brown voters."

See more comments from representatives at June 7’s hearing in the clips below.