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Smith-Co-Sponsored Bill To Cut ACORN Funding Passes House

Statement

Date: Sept. 17, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Elections

Legislation co-sponsored by Congressman Lamar Smith to cut all federal funding for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) passed the House today.

The Defund ACORN Act was introduced Tuesday following reports of fraudulent and potentially illegal activity by ACORN. House Republicans offered the legislation, designed to block all taxpayer funding of scandal-plagued ACORN, during debate on HR 3221 this afternoon. The legislation passed 345-75.

Smith issued the following statement:

"The American people are rightly outraged that their tax dollars subsidize this organization, which has been linked to multiple instances of voter registration fraud and other illicit activity in cities across the country.

"More recently, thanks to the ingenuity of documentarian James O'Keefe, 25, and aspiring investigative journalist Hannah Giles, 20, further light has been shed on what appears to be a shocking disregard for the law and common decency on the part of ACORN employees.


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