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Protecting Our Democracy Act

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 9, 2021
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. CORREA. Madam Speaker, I thank Congresswoman Maloney for yielding me time.

My first amendment, No. 9, will strengthen the ability of Congress to do our job of oversight of the executive branch. It closes a loophole in the Freedom of Information Act that effectively lets Federal agencies ignore congressional requests for information.

Amendment No. 10 will require all congressionally mandated reports to be transmitted to Congress in a machine-readable format. It is a commonsense way to search and find information within thousands of pages of reports.

These two amendments are about the government, and they are about transparency. Our government should not have anything to hide. Both of these are supported by the Project On Government Oversight.

Madam Speaker, I urge an ``aye'' vote on en bloc No. 1 and to support amendments No. 9 and No. 10.

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