The American people are fed up with special-interest provisions being added behind closed doors, spending millions with no regard to fiscal reality, secretly changing bills without a vote, and passing bills no one has had the chance to read.

All Americans should have access to the information they need to make sure Congress is doing its job.  This is why I am supporting several new transparency initiatives - commonsense congressional reforms aimed at bringing much-needed openness and accountability to the federal government.

Congressional Statements of Dispersal are for the first time available online at www.house.gov.  The Statement of Disbursements - which documents all Congressional, Committee, Leadership, and administrative offices expenditures - will allow taxpayers to see exactly how their hard earned money is being spent.

I also am supporting legislation which requires all bills to be posted online for a minimum of 72 hours before they are brought to a vote on the House floor.

I have constantly supported efforts to have Members' committee votes posted online within 48 hours so the American people can see how their representatives voted, as well as called for media access to the House Rules Committee (the panel which decides behind closed doors which bills and amendments can come before the full House for a vote).

To read more about these and other transparency initiatives, please visit http://gopleader.gov/readthebill.