Texas Sen. Cornyn joins push to strengthen public access to government records

By Bill Lambrecht, Houston Chronicle, Aug. 9, 2019

A bipartisan alliance of senior U.S. senators, including Texas Sen. John Cornyn, is sponsoring legislation to counter a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June interpreting the word “confidential” in a way that further blocks the release of government-held information on businesses.

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In Washington, Cornyn and three other Judiciary Committee heavyweights - chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy, a former chairman, and Dianne Feinstein of California, now the committee’s ranking Democrat — plan to advance legislation after the Senate recess to counter the Supreme Court’s effects on the Freedom of Information Act.

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