When the Senate Homeland Security Committee held its hearing yesterday on “Making Government More Transparent And Accountable,” it managed the transparency part of the task rather well. Of all members of the committee, only Senator Thomas Carper was visible for any part of the hearing. Our government can really produce amazing feats. What do you [...]
Will the last Senator in the Capitol please turn the sunshine off? When the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee called together a public subcommittee hearing this week entitled “Removing the Shroud of Secrecy: Making Government More Transparent and Accountable,” I especially looked forward to the testimony of Ellen Miller. Miller is the executive [...]
Senator Tom Carper of Delaware has introduced 37 non-symbolic bills to the United States Senate for consideration. A quick summary of them: 1 bill to declare that chain restaurants and cafeterias must be able to produce nutrition information for meals if someone asks for them. 1 bill to require that the Department of Education accredit [...]
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