Honorable Joe Kennedy
Representative Kennedy, of the Fourth District of Massachusetts, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012. He served in the Peace Corps from 2004 to 2006 and as a Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Assistant Attorney General from 2011 to 2012. He sits on the Energy and Commerce Committee. The following is from the March 18, 2015, House floor debate on H.R. 1030, the Secret Science Reform Act. I echo the comments of my colleagues about the importance of transparency that we have heard over the course of this debate. An open government with transparent rules and regulations is…