Dreier Praises Boehner Remarks on Reforming “The People’s House”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                    CONTACT:  Jo Maney (202-226-2006)

September 30, 2010                                        jo.maney@mail.house.gov 

Dreier Praises Boehner Remarks on Reforming “The People’s House” 

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman David Dreier (R-CA), House Rules Committee Ranking Republican, issued the following statement today praising the remarks of House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) on the need to reform the operations of the “the People’s House.” 

“In his remarks today, Mr. Boehner laid out a vision for the House of Representatives that will return the first branch of government to its original purpose – to be the voice of the people.  As Mr. Boehner said, we need to get back to an open process and a real debate about how we solve our nation’s very serious problems.  The current Majority has not allowed a single bill to be considered under an open amendment process.  That makes the 111th Congress the most closed Congress in history.  We can and should do better, particularly on spending bills. 

“I also wholeheartedly concur with Mr. Boehner that every Committee’s proceedings must be webcast, especially the Rules Committee.  My Rules Republican colleagues and I have been making this simple request for nearly two years now.  Considering what has taken place in the Rules Committee during that time, I firmly believe the American people need and deserve to know what takes place there. 

“I would hope that the Majority would implement the reforms outlined by Mr. Boehner immediately.  But if they won’t reform the way the House conducts the people’s business, it’s clear that we will.”

 

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