Joe Barton actually said...

If you do that, in all probability, a lot of consumers will not opt-in.

Without access to the information from the executive branch we cannot conduct the effective oversight.

We did it because folks at home in my state of Michigan, but frankly across the country and elsewhere, deserve to know how the government is...

The federal government has an obligation to each and every taxpayer to spend the money with full transparency in accordance with the law.