Thank you both for being here today. This is your first subcommittee hearing i believe before this subcommittee. This hearing was originally planned for the morning of june 14, the same morning a man decided he was going to open fire on members of congress while they held a practice in alexandria, virginia. Because of the quick action, through olice officers armed protected detail, the event was not even more tragic. Cause of their heroism there were no fatalities. We are incredibly grateful for their courage. We wish them full recovery. We are grateful to all involved in their training and support. N upgraded to fair condition. This weekend, another was discharged and sent home. Our thoughts are with those who were on the field that morning. The entire Congressional Community was deeply affected by the shooting. Any of us could have been there that day, and any of us targeted. Arms ande sergeant at police chief holds special significance. Word your agencys work diligently to protect t
Thank you both for being here today. This is your first subcommittee hearing i believe before this subcommittee. This hearing was originally planned for the morning of june 14, the same morning a man decided he was going to open fire on members of congress while they held a practice in alexandria, virginia. Because of the quick action, through olice officers armed protected detail, the event was not even more tragic. Cause of their heroism there were no fatalities. We are incredibly grateful for their courage. We wish them full recovery. We are grateful to all involved in their training and support. N upgraded to fair condition. This weekend, another was discharged and sent home. Our thoughts are with those who were on the field that morning. The entire Congressional Community was deeply affected by the shooting. Any of us could have been there that day, and any of us targeted. Arms ande sergeant at police chief holds special significance. Word your agencys work diligently to protect t
Good morning, everyone. Subcommittee will come to order. This is our third fiscal year 2018 Budget Committee hear forking the legislative branch of appropriation subcommittee, we have with us today the honorable frank larkun, Senate Sergeant at arms and chief mendoza. Welcome, chief, first subcommittee hearing before the subcommittee. We will try to make it as painful as we possibly can. [laughter] for hearing was planned for june the 14th, same morning a man decided he was going to open fire in alexandria, virginia, Capitol Police officer, cristal griener and protective detail for majority and because of heroism there were no fatalities and there could have been many lives lost. We are grateful for their courage and wish them full recoveries and we thank those who were involved in their support and training. Scalise has been upgraded to fair condition and my understanding is that matt was discharged and sent home. Our thoughts and prayers on those in the field that morning. The entire
Of openness. That is not the case when it comes to filling foya requests. March 2014, the Associated Press reported the Obama Administration more often than any other administration had sensors government files or outright denied access. The administration used exemption to withhold information more than 550,000 times. Agencies must consult with the white house on all document requests that may involve documents with white house equities. Just in the last year the government fully denied access or censored records in at least 250,000 cases or roughly 39 of all whys. This is the highest number of denials in the history of foya. We waited to hear from individuals to get Public Records they requested. This came from media and the foya system is broken and probably broken by design. In preparing for this hearing, the Committee Received numerous examples of delays, unreasonable redactions and abuse of fees, all of which hindered transparency. The epa strategically avoided disclosure disclos
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