On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
One of the laws that President-elect Obama passed was the accountability and transparency law.
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congress.govOne of the laws that President-elect Obama passed was the accountability and transparency law.
Coburn discusses a law aimed at ensuring government transparency.
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That is not partisan. That is just due to the fact that there is not a commitment to reconciliation and working together to get things done.
the question is--and my advice to the Committee is to look at the roles that the Federal Government has taken over that would be better and more efficiently done at the State level.
We have something we call 'maintenance of effort' that we use in other programs, educational programs, when there is Federal money, we say to States, 'You have to maintain effort.'