Press Releases
This year marks the final term of congressional service for HDP's co-founder and Chairman, David Price. During his leadership, HDP established and grew relationships around the world and advanced legislative practices that contributed to scores of democratic advancements and reforms - including groundbreaking firsts for the Commission and lasting impacts for the legislatures we work with.
The House Democracy Partnership (HDP) is pleased to share the Commission's highlights in our mid-year 2022 newsletter. The Commission remains a valuable bipartisan tool that deepens bilateral relations and allows members of Congress and staff to work with their counterparts globally.
WASHINGTON, DC (April 27, 2022) – House Democracy Partnership (HDP) Members Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Robin Kelly (D-IL) issued the following statement after returning from a congressional delegation visit to Barbados.
WASHINGTON, DC (March 3, 2022) -- Today, Chairman David Price and Co-Chair Vern Buchanan of the bipartisan House Democracy Partnership (HDP) released a statement on reports of the Ukrainian parliament meeting in-person during the Russian military invasion. Ukraine has been a longstanding HDP partner country and has actively engaged in programming related to the democratic development of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament).
WASHINGTON, DC (February 22, 2022) -- Today, Chairman David Price and Co-Chair Vern Buchanan of the bipartisan House Democracy Partnership (HDP) released a statement on the situation in Ukraine. Ukraine has been a longstanding HDP partner country and has actively engaged in programming related to the democratic development of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament).
WASHINGTON, DC (February 1, 2022) – Today, Chairman David Price and Co-Chair Vern Buchanan of the bipartisan House Democracy Partnership (HDP) released a statement on the one-year anniversary of the military coup in Burma:
"Today marks one year since the Tatmadaw overthrew Burma's democratically elected government - just hours before its new parliament was to meet - in a violent coup. Since this illegal power grab took place, the junta has engaged in human rights abuses, violently suppressed its own people, and murdered men, women, and children by the hundreds.
WASHINGTON, DC (November 26, 2021) – Today, Congressman David Price (NC-04), Chairman of the House Democracy Partnership released the following statement on the passing of International Republican Institute (IRI) Vice President Judy Van Rest: