C-Span To Obama

In a letter to congressional leadership dated December 30, 2009, C-SPAN wrote:

"As your respective chambers work to reconcile the differences between the House and Senate health care bills, C-SPAN requests that you open all important negotiations, including any conference committee meetings, to electronic media coverage.

President Obama, Senate and House leaders, many of your rank-and-file members, and the nation’s editorial pages have all talked about the value of transparent discussions on reforming the nation’s health care system. Now that the process moves to the critical stage of reconciliation between the Chambers, we respectfully request that you allow the public full access, through television, to legislation that will affect the lives of every single American."

Mr. President, Mr. Leader, Mrs. Speaker, what are you hiding from us, why won't you let we the people see. What is it that we can't have access to. What are you doing? WHat in this bill can't we look at or here?

"Tyranny like hell is not easily conquered. Yet we have this consultation with us, the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph."
--Thomas Paine

Obama, Reid, Pelosi, open the floor, open the doors, let us in and let us see what you are doing. I ask only that you truly make this a transparent process. Don't brag about being the most transparent admin ever and then pull something likes this. Open up, or else we'll come in and throw you out in fall.