Daines: House Travel Disclosure Rule Must Be Restored

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Representative Steve Daines announced today that he will help introduce legislation to restore the disclosure requirement for House members that was recently dropped.

The National Journal reported Monday that the House Ethics committee has quietly undone a rule requiring House members to report privately-funded travel on their annual financial-disclosure forms.

"The decision to remove the Congressional annual travel disclosure requirement is extremely troublesome and must be reversed immediately. The American people deserve and expect transparency from their elected officials, but this decision only provides politicians with a way to avoid accountability," Daines said. "I will be helping to introduce legislation to restore the reporting requirement in a way that improves both transparency and accountability."

Daines has joined, as an original cosponsor, legislation from Representative Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-8) that would reinstate the travel disclosure requirement. The bill will be introduced next week when the House is back in session.

Daines is an ardent supporter of government transparency and has helped introduce legislation to stop government abuses and increase accountability in the National Security Agency, Environmental Protection Agency and the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security.

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