On the recordFebruary 2, 2012
this is a side-by-side with an amendment offered by my friend from Alabama. The question is, How many employees of the executive branch of government should be required to electronically file their disclosure statements? I believe, respectfully, Senator Shelby's amendment requires maybe more than 300,000 Federal employees, including many who filed confidential disclosure statements. This amendment would include people in the Federal executive branch who hold positions equivalent to those of us in Congress who are policymakers, and that includes the President, the Vice President, appointees in the White House, members of the Federal Reserve Board, and Senior Executive Service. It is the difference between applying this requirement to 2,000 executive employees or more than 300,000 Federal employees. I yield the remainder of my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Shaheen). There is no time remaining. The Senator from Alabama.
