U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer slammed President Trump for making “spurious claims” of voter fraud following the announcement of a new executive order Thursday calling for a new commission to examine voting irregularities.

The president has claimed — without a hint of evidence — that millions of people illegally cast votes in the November 2016 election. Trump lost the popular vote by approximately 3 million votes, but gained the presidency through a win in the Electoral College.

Kilmer (D-WA) released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced Trump would sign an executive order establishing a commission to review voter fraud:

“Every American deserves to have his or her voice heard in our elections and the freedom to cast a vote without interference,” Kilmer said.

“President Trump continues to focus on spurious claims of voter fraud rather than dealing with actual facts of voter suppression. Unfortunately, the president’s new commission doesn’t live up to the request we made to look at how Americans have been prevented from voting. That’s just wrong.

“I’m going to push the president on this issue because we need to protect the rights of every American citizen to participate in our democracy,” said Kilmer, a Gig Harbor Democrat who represents Washington’s 6th Congressional District.

In February, Kilmer and Representatives Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Elijah Cummings (D-MD) led a letter calling on Trump to investigate voter suppression and disenfranchisement, including the possible impact of new restrictive state voting laws that last year were in effect for the first time in a presidential election, as part of any examination he conducts into voting irregularities.