05/23/2016
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"We urge Congress to pass the Open Government Data Act, which would make non-sensitive government data more open, more available, and more usable for the general public."
"We would like to thank Ranking Member Schatz for his tireless work as an original sponsor of the OPEN Government Data Act."
"I think part of what we have to do is recognize that in areas like health care and agriculture, it's a pretty much unalloyed good to have more data, to save lives, to make agriculture more productive,..."
"I think there's another part of this discussion, which we've heard less about, which I think is really important."