WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The House Administration Committee issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON - Chair Stephanie Bice (OK-05) opened today's Subcommittee on Modernization and Innovation Hearing titled, "Modernizing Public Access to Legislative Data and Information."

Chair Bice's full opening statement as prepared for delivery:

The title of today's hearing is "Modernizing Public Access to Legislative Data and Information."

Last December, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the future of constituent engagement, and the big takeaway was that we need to keep pace with the way people communicate outside of Congress or we risk losing the ability to connect with the people we need to hear from most.

I think we can all agree that send...