Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil requested on July 30 classified, Member-level briefings from the Acting Director of National Intelligence, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Secretary of Homeland Security to discuss non-citizen voting and foreign interference in American elections.
The request follows President Donald J. Trump’s recent address to the nation, which raised concerns about election security. In his letters, Steil referenced President Trump’s remarks regarding potential vulnerabilities in the country’s voting machines and possible foreign disruption. “President Trump’s recent address to the nation about potential foreign election interference included that the country’s voting machines may be vulnerable to foreign disruption… The speech, accompanied by declassified information, raises serious concerns about the security of the nation’s elections,” Steil wrote in a letter addressed to FBI Director Kash Patel.
Steil also said, “The Committee on House Administration (the Committee) has oversight of federal elections and is focused on ensuring that federal elections are secure and for American citizens only.” He continued, “The Committee therefore requests a Member-level, classified briefing from the FBI to discuss if and how foreign malign actors interfere in American elections, and to help inform potential legislative reforms.”
According to its official website, the House Administration Committee serves as a standing committee of the U.S. House of Representatives focused on administrative matters such as oversight of House operations, federal elections—including jurisdiction over congressional contests—and Capitol security. The committee played a key role in passing the Help America Vote Act in 2002, which allocated more than $3 billion for improvements to voting systems aimed at boosting accessibility and curbing fraud.
The story was first covered by Just the News.