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Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007

Date: June 27, 2006
Location: Washington, DC


SCIENCE, STATE, JUSTICE, COMMERCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2007

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Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.

Mr. Chairman, I rise today to engage in a colloquy with the esteemed chairman of the subcommittee, Mr. Wolf.

Mr. Chairman, in January, I introduced legislation to require the Department of Justice to make available on the Internet the documents related to the Foreign Agents Registration Act, called FARA. It is imperative that we make FARA documents available on the Internet. This will increase public access to information about foreign lobbyists and, in turn, increase public confidence in Congress.

I know the subcommittee chairman has been working with the Department of Justice to accomplish this. I am told that this process is under way and may be completed by the end of the year. I thank the subcommittee chairman for his continuing leadership and for including report language urging the Department of Justice to complete this effort as quickly as possible. I would like to work with the subcommittee chairman to ensure that this important project is completed this year.

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