House Statements of Disbursements are Now Available Online

On November 30, 2009 the statements of disbursements of the House of Representatives, for the period of July 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009, were made available online to provide greater transparency of your government representatives. This is a huge victory for those of us interested in a transparent government. For this, I offer my sincere applause to the House of Representatives for taking these tremendous steps in providing this information to the Citizens of the United States of America.

A statement by Congressman Steve King reads,

“When the government is spending your money, I believe it should be fiscally disciplined and held accountable. The best way to achieve accountability is transparency. Congress should be as transparent as possible with the American public.

“I am glad these statements of disbursements are finally online. It is a significant step towards transparency, but I think they should go a step further. We need full disclosure of Members’ exact asset/liability values on their financial disclosures, instead of vague ranges. We also need all privately-funded Member travel, current House floor debate, and all bills and amendments fully disclosed on the internet in a form that can be easily searched, sorted and downloaded by the public.”

Congressman Steve King has previously introduced the Sunlight Act, H.R. 170, to strengthen the financial disclosures of Members of Congress, to require precertification of privately-funded Congressional travel and to make the travel expenses of Members available online.

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