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Bobby Rush's Public Statements on Issue: Elections

Date Title
02/08/2022 Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General Dept. of Justice - Pressley, Clyburn, Jones Lead Congressional Black Caucus Members in Urging DOJ to Aggressively Increase Efforts to Protect Voting Rights
08/20/2020 Letter to the Hon. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General - Dingell Leads Over 100 Bipartisan House Members in Urging Postmaster General to Properly Execute Delivery of Mail-in Ballots
12/09/2019 Letter to the Hon. Nita Lowey, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Appropriations, the Hon. Kay Granger, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Appropriations, the Hon. Richard Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and the Hon. Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations - Congressman Marc Veasey, Majority Leader Hoyer, and congressman Raskin call on congressional appropriators to secure critical funding to secure elections
12/17/2018 Rush Statement on Facebook's Failure to Stop Targeted Manipulation of African-Americans in the 2016 Election
11/06/2018 Rush Statement on the 2018 Midterm Elections
07/25/2018 Letter to the Hon. Jefferson B. Sessions, Attorney General and the Hon. Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security - Schneider Leads Illinois House Delegation Letter Urging Federal Action to Improve Election Security
06/20/2018 Letter to the Hon. Thomas Hicks, Chairman of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission and the Hon. Christy McCormick, Vice Chairman of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission - House Administration Democrats Direct EAC to Provide Guidance to States for Election Security Grants
03/12/2018 Letter to Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Urging the President to Follow the Law and Impose Russia Sanctions
12/21/2017 Letter to the Hon. Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General - Congresswoman Susan Davis Joins in Expressing Support for Robert Mueller's Investigation of Trump
12/19/2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House - Take Bipartisan Action to Protect U.S. Elections from Foreign Hacking and Cyber Attacks
07/18/2017 Letter to the Hon. Kris Kobach, Vice Chair of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity - Withdraw Voter Data Request
05/17/2017 Rush Statement on DOJ Appointment of Special Counsel
11/23/2015 Northern Public Radio- Bobby Rush Running For Re-Election
06/02/2014 Letter to Patrick Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Campaign Finance Decisions
03/31/2014 Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House, Eric Cantor, House Majority Leader, Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee - Voting Rights Act
03/27/2014 Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House - Improve the Voting Rights Amendment Act
06/25/2013 Rush Responds to the Supreme Court Decision to Strike Down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act
02/07/2012 Congressional Black Caucus - Rush Comments on the State of the Union
11/03/2011 Letter to Secretaries of State
02/05/2008 MSNBC "Decision '08" - Transcript
11/16/2006 U.S. Rep. Bobby L. Rush's statement on the new Democratic Party leadership
04/07/2004 Congressional Leaders to FEC: Allow Political Organizations to Participate Fully in Elections
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