[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H1448-H1449]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             SUNSHINE WEEK

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1

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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Madam Speaker, it was an interesting irony. When I woke 
up this morning, I heard on the radio that this week has been dubbed 
``Sunshine Week,'' meaning that there needs to be greater openness and 
transparency.
  We all agree that we need to do everything that we can, as my 
Democratic colleagues have said, to increase competition and bring the 
cost of health insurance down. We all agree that that needs to be done. 
But, Madam Speaker, this measure will not accomplish that at all. We 
have commonsense solutions that I believe we can utilize and implement 
in a bipartisan way.
  So here we are in the midst of Sunshine Week, and as my colleagues 
have been saying: What is it that is happening? We are seeing every 
effort made to try and avoid the kind of transparency, disclosure, and 
accountability that were promised in that document, ``A New Direction 
for America,'' that then-Minority Leader Pelosi put forward.
  Madam Speaker, I am convinced, I am convinced that we can do better. 
But we need to make sure that, as we proceed with this process, we have 
the kind of openness that the American people insist upon.

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