Thank you. Mr. Chairman, thanks for your courage in taking on this issue as a Democrat.

I want to thank you all for what you are doing to promote transparency and sunlight being the best disinfectant.

Listen, I am over time. Thank you.

I believe this is totally unacceptable. We should have information we need to hold the Federal Government accountable.

This expansion of USASpending.gov will allow policy makers and the public to actually track from start to finish Federal funds more clearly.

enjoyed the opportunity to discuss the importance of democracy for a strong and free society and the many challenges both of our countries face in an ever changing world.

I also want to thank Chairman Udall for being willing to take on this task.

This is the same bill basically that we had before the committee last year.

We're also reintroducing a bill to allow a plaque to be placed on the World War II memorial inscribed with the words of Franklin Roosevelt.

It's something that I think deserves our support as well. Very inspirational words that Senator Lieberman and I spoke on the Floor of the Senate last year.

This is again, to build a memorial to commemorate the mission of the Peace Corps here in Washington, DC, on Federal land.