private meetings are not the same as public hearings. And they are not. The public cannot see them.
the basic strength of our country, of a democracy, is transparency.
When Congress passed the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, which we wrote in 2004, we created by statute...
I will continue to call them 'czars,' at least to the conclusion of this hearing and until a solution is found.
I am not proposing that the President be barred from creating these new positions to focus on important policy prioritie...
The responsibility of Congress to oversee the Executive Branch is fundamental to our constitutional system.
this issue has been of concern to me for many months.
We thank Members of the Committee who have added their names as cosponsors or indicated their support for the legislatio...
opponents of our bill raise the issue of fraud, of people trying to get benefits by pretending that they are in domestic...
If the Federal Government is to compete with the private sector as well as with State and local governments for the most...
If the Federal Government fails to attract or retain employees because of a lack of competitive benefits, then the impac...