EAC has two congressional oversight committees: (1) Committee on House Administration, and (2) the Senate Rules and Administration Committee. The committees hold hearings to gather information about EAC activities and ways to improve the election process. Below is a list of EAC's congressional testimony at past hearings.

EAC Congressional Testimony

• Commissioner Donald Palmer testimony before the Committee on House Administration "American Confidence in Elections: State Tools to Promote Voter Confidence," April 27, 2023

  • View the hearing via cha.house.gov

• Commissioner Donald Palmer testimony before the Committee on House Administration 2022 Midterms Look Back Series: Government Voter Suppression in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, March 28, 2023

  • View the hearing via cha.house.gov

• Commissioner Ben Hovland testimony before the U.S. Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections “2022 Midterms Look Back Series: Election Observer Access” Hearing, March 23, 2023

  • View the hearing via cha.house.gov

• Commissioner Christy McCormick's participation in the Committee on House Administration Republicans' Roundtable on Ballot Paper Shortage, March 18, 2022

• Commissioner Don Palmer testimony before the Committee on House Administration, June 11, 2021

  • View the hearing via cha,house.gov : Voting in America: The Potential for Polling Place Quality and Restrictions on Opportunities to Vote to Interfere with Free and Fair Access to the Ballot
    

• Commissioner Ben Hovland testimony before the House Committee on Appropriations, February 16, 2021

  • View the hearing via appropriations.house.gov : Election Assistance Commission Oversight Hearing
    

• Commissioner Don Palmer testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, December 16, 2020

  • View the hearing via hsgac,senate.gov : Examining Irregularities in the 2020 Election
    

• Commissioner Ben Hovland testimony before the Committee on House Administration, October 06, 2020

  • View the hearing via cha.house.gov : Combatting Misinformation in the 2020 Election
    

• Commissioner Don Palmer testimony before the Committee on House Administration, August 28, 2020

  • View the hearing via cha.house.gov : Voting Safely in a Pandemic
    

• Commissioner Don Palmer testimony before the Committee on House Administration, January 9, 2020
  • View the hearing via cha.house.gov : 2020 Election Security-Perspectives From Voting System Vendors And Experts
    

• Commissioner Ben Hovland testimony before the House Committee of the Judiciary, October 22, 2019

  • View the hearing via judiciary.house.gov: Securing America’s Elections Part II: Oversight of Government Agencies
    

• Testimony before the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration for hearing entitled "Oversight of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission," Commissioners McCormick, Hovland, Hicks and Palmer, May 15, 2019

  • View the hearing via Rules.Senate.gov: Oversight of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission
    

• Commissioner Gineen Bresso's testimony before the Committee on House Administration, March 17, 2011

• Commissioner Donetta Davidson's testimony before the Committee on House Administration, March 17, 2011

• Executive Director Tom Wilkey's testimony before the Committee on House Administration, March 17, 2011

• Testimony for hearing titled "2008 Audit Review and Agency Spending by the Election Assistance Commission" April 4, 2009

  • View the hearing via House.gov: "2008 Audit Review and Agency Spending by the Election Assistance Commission"
    

• Testimony for hearing titled "The 2008 Election: A look back on what went right and wrong" Commissioners Beach and Hillman; March 26 2009

  • View the hearing via House.gov: "The 2008 Election: A look back on what went right and wrong"
    

• Testimony on voter ID and fraud study before Senate Rules and Administration Committee May 18, 2007

• Testimony on changes in voting system requirements before House Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives May 7, 2007

• Testimony on election integrity before House Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government March 7, 2007

• Testimony on state and local partnerships before House Administration Committee Commissioner Martinez, June 22, 2006

• Testimony on changes in election administration before House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Commissioner Martinez, June 8, 2006

• Testimony on EAC budget before Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, etc. May 31, 2006

• Testimony for 2006 Appropriations Request before House Appropriations Committee April 14, 2005

• Testimony on November 2004 Election before House Administration Committee February 9, 2005

• Testimony on implementing the Help America Vote Act of 2002 June 17, 2004