Rush Holt: “Members of Congress always like to think that we can turn short-term news stories into immediate political benefit.”

For instance, despite being entitled the 'National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2013,' H.R. 761 has absolutely NOTHING to do with developing these minerals.

I hope we can get back to the expectation that we will come to completion in legislation, rather than using bills for a message.

Many of these measures passed the House in the last Congress but were too extreme to pass the Senate.

the so called transparency rule is an insidious dodge.