I am hopeful--hopeful that will not be the case this year and that the Senate will soon pass meaningful and much needed reforms.
Both Senator Cornyn and I said at the time we want this--the strongest act possible, whether it is a Democratic or Republican Administration...
More time is not going to do it. What the State Department has got to do, they have got increasing requests because they have got a former S...
It will codify what President Obama laid out in his historic 2009 memorandum requiring Federal agencies to adopt a presumption of openness.
Our very democracy is based on the idea that our government should not operate in secret and we should embrace that.
The bill codifies the, quote-unquote, 'presumption of openness' standard so that agencies proactively disclose more information.
They need to create a SWAT team that goes in, reviews all of the Secretary's calendars, reviews her memcons and telcons, and gets those e-ma...
There is perhaps no better tool that Americans have to help ensure open government than FOIA.
It is not resources. It is will. It is leadership.
I will vote for more resources for answering FOIA requests.
We are going to examine what this Administration has done to fulfill its promise of open government.