John Cornyn actually said...

"Senator Leahy and I have been working on some legislation which would actually codify the President's mandate, the presumption of openness."

"Yes, Senator. And I believe that has also been decided by the Supreme Court as well."

"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 som..."

"It is absolutely critical to the functioning of our democratic form of Government that the people have access to as much information as they can possibly get."