John Cornyn actually said...

President Obama in 2009 mandated that Government agencies--executive branch agencies should operate under the presumption that information should be open unless otherwise prevented by some rule or some other law.

Context

Cornyn references Obama's directive on government transparency.

01/27/2015

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