FOIA is based on the belief that citizens have a right to know what their Government is doing and that the burden is on the Government to prove otherwise.
Chuck Grassley: “FOIA is based on the belief that citizens have a right to know what their Government is doing and that the burden is on…”
On the recordMarch 14, 2011
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Grassley asserts citizens' rights under the Freedom of Information Act.
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