Elijah Cummings actually said...

the law that we created, we created this now, says that Federal agencies must make across-the-board cuts to everything, and Congress writes ...

When you cut $85 billion out of a budget over a course of seven months, there are consequences. Duh.

On his first day in office, President Obama made clear that open government would be a priority in his administration.

I think it is fair to say that the President jump-started transparency efforts in the executive branch.