Saluting FOIA on its birthday

By Michael R. Lemov, The Hill, July 4, 2021

For 12 years, Rep. John Moss of California fought for passage of an astonishing new concept: a law that would make all government records available to any “person.”

In this year of government and public division, history shows that this great legislative achievement was accomplished by Democrats and Republicans working together. Moss was a Democrat. President Lyndon Johnson was a Democrat. But, FOIA was enacted only with last minute Republican help.

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