Barack Obama, speaking in Green Bay, WI, 22 Sep 2008:
Compared to the other issues Obama addresses, this is a minor point, but I loved this part, especially the first sentence:
When there is a bill that ends up on my desk as President, you will have five days to look online and find out what's in it before I sign it. When there are meetings between lobbyists and a government agency, we will put as many as possible online for every American to watch. When there is a tax bill being debated in Congress, you will know the names of the corporations that would benefit and how much money they would get. And we will put every corporate tax break and every pork-barrel project online for every American to see. You will know who asked for them and you can cast your vote accordingly.
I've long wished for this. Now that we have the Internet, there's no excuse for not putting the final version of bills online before they're passed. If nothing else, that should cut down on on last-minute slip-ins of pork and loopholes.
Hat-tip to TPM, who also has the (pre-release version of the) transcript.
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