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On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
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.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn references Obama's directive on government transparency.

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