Anne Tindall is head of the state strategies team and special counsel at Protect Democracy. She leads a cross-disciplinary team of experts preserving free and fair elections and combatting abuses of power at the state level.
Testimony of Anne Tindall and Grant Tudor before the House Judiciary Committee: Modernizing Congress’s Subpoena Compliance and Enforcement Methods
- June 8, 2021
In June 2021, Protect Democracy’s Anne Tindall and Grant Tudor submitted written testimony to the House Judiciary Committee for its hearing on civil enforcement of congressional authorities. Tindall and Tudor’s testimony described how, over a period of decades, “Congress’s power of inquiry has been steadily compromised, driven in part by the weakening of its subpoena compliance and enforcement tools.” The pair proposed responsive reforms in three areas: strengthening civil enforcement actions, modernizing Congress’s inherent contempt power, and updating the statutory contempt process.
Read their testimony here. Read their testimony here.
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