36 Quotes by Melanie Sloan

The only way to get an FOI request honored these days is to go to court. We can go to court and win, but some regular person is not going to know how to file a complaint in federal court and prepare a brief arguing that the administration is in violation of the law. And no one has endless resources to fight every denial. It's very effective, what they've done. They keep the information hidden.

I think it's a little too cozy. It's not an uncommon practice, but it is a concerning one.

I think they both have been cleared here.

Rep. Johnson abused the public trust by using the power of his office to harass an organization which had taken a position with which he disagreed. Such actions are specifically prohibited by federal law and ethics rules and the House ethics committee should immediately commence an investigation into Rep. Johnson's disgraceful conduct.

Rep. Jefferson's conduct shows a blatant disregard for the rule of law and the integrity of the House of Representatives. We urge a member of the House to ignore the long-standing ethics truce and file CREW's complaint with the House Ethics Committee today.

Republican culture of corruption. There are so many corrupt members of Congress. By no means are all of the problems gone.

Particularly in the House, the progress is very slow and may end up with very little reform.

starting to undermine the prosecutor by implying that he's only going to be able to indict on technicalities.

Lobbying reform is going more the enforcement route. What's that going to do? Nothing much.