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Chuck Grassley: “It will codify what President Obama laid out in his historic 2009 memorandum requiring Federal agencies to adopt a…”

On the recordMay 5, 2015
It will codify what President Obama laid out in his historic 2009 memorandum requiring Federal agencies to adopt a presumption of openness.
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa

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Grassley discusses the goal of the FOIA Improvement Act to ensure openness in government.

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