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Electronic Message Preservation Act

Floor Speech

Date: July 9, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Technology and Communication

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Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I want to commend Chairman Waxman and Representative Clay for their recognition of this serious deficiency that we have in the way that we handle White House e-mails.

You know, the more I listen to this debate, the more convinced I am that we need H.R. 5811, the Electronic Message Preservation Act, and I'm convinced because even as we talk about energy, even as we talk about the solution to problems, and even as we talk about Blue Dogs and yellow dogs and big dogs, it seems to me that we ought to be able to know what the conversations are about in the White House. It seems to me that we ought to be able to look back historically and find out what was being discussed, what was being planned, what the deliberations were.

And as long as the level of secrecy exists, and I don't care which administration it is, then it means that the public does not know, and this bill simply opens up information and opportunity for the public to know.

I support it.

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