Missouri Senator Says Health-Care Debates Should be Public

The nation’s health talks should have more transparency, says one Democratic Senator.
Missouri Senator Says Health-Care Debates Should be Public
1/13/2010
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1/13/2010
The nation’s health talks should have more transparency, says one Democratic Senator.

Senator Claire McCaskill from Missouri recently declared that House and Senate talks involving the health-care bill should be open to public view, and further debates regarding the bill should be shown on C-SPAN.

“It’s my opinion that we should open up any further negotiations between the House and the Senate to C-SPAN so the public can watch. I believe that the best way for these negotiations to occur is through the conference committee process, and I have communicated my opinion to the leadership of my party in the Senate,” McCaskill said in a press release.

C-SPAN supports McCaskill’s idea as station executive Brian Lamb even sent a letter to Congress asking debates to be open.