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Latest Answers http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/latest/%2A/%2A/%2A/MA a view of answers sorted by date en Our committee has three goals and this is what we have been trying to accomplish: protecting taxpayer’s dollars from waste, fraud and abuse and making sure government works for the people third holding the government of this country accountable for their actions that’s what we have been trying to do in 2007 and 2008 during the time I have been chairman of that committee. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/our-committee-has-three-goals-and-what-we-have-been-trying-accomplish%3A-protecting-taxpayer%E2%80%99s Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:32:38 -0500 Sara Sciammacco 1340 at http://askyourlawmaker.org Salazar: Well I think we made major reforms just this last term in the 109th. And we have certainly made clear, a clear movement towards transparency especially in the earmark reform area. And so I think while Democrats have been trying to do the good things we’ve been constantly blocked by the minority party. Laslo: Do you think there is more that needs to be done on transparency legislation and ethics reform? Salazar: Well, I’m sure I’d look at different options. I don’t know exactly what you’d have in mind but I know that the American public deserves to know the truth. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/%2526lt%3Bp%2526gt%3B%2526lt%3Bb%2526gt%3Bsalazar%3A%2526lt%3B/b%2526gt%3B-well-i-think-we-made-major-reforms-just-last-term-109th Fri, 09 May 2008 13:53:06 -0500 Matt Laslo 1284 at http://askyourlawmaker.org This last year was the worst year I have ever seen for pushing things off to the end. And part of it was an effort on the part of leadership to attach non-germaine issues that were very controversial to pieces of legislation that were not controversial. So I really think it was a lack of organization this past year. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/last-year-was-worst-year-i-have-ever-seen-pushing-things-end.-and-part-it-was-effort-part-le Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:20:23 -0600 975 at http://askyourlawmaker.org Well there are certain things like the spending bills that simply have to be done and at the end of a session everyone is tired and wants to go home and it’s easier to get things done that way. And usually we do some pretty bad things at the end of the session. But I think people get tired and realize it needs to be done and we procrastinate at the end of the year, and it just ends up that way. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/well-there-are-certain-things-spending-bills-simply-have-be-done-and-end-session-everyone-ti Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:18:40 -0600 973 at http://askyourlawmaker.org Democrats have returned for this second session of this Congress reinvigorated and ready to tackle the problems challenging our country. We come back to this new direction Congress focusing on the economy. It has been clear for the past few weeks that all sectors of the economic world, all shades of opinion in the economic world are saying to us that a stimulus is needed to avoid a downturn or to worsen the situation. So we have this in the context of what we are doing about energy, the approach we are going to take on healthcare, what we are going to do about education - to grow our economy, create jobs and have security and economic confidence for the American people. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/democrats-have-returned-second-session-congress-reinvigorated-and-ready-tackle-problems-chal Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:45:58 -0600 958 at http://askyourlawmaker.org Oh there’s a lot we can do to fix that in the rewrite on No Child Left Behind, we plan to focus on those high schools that produce the greatest number of dropouts, to try to put together a plan for those high schools, to also focus on those schools that feed into those high schools.You know have about two-thousand high schools that produce almost fifty-percent of the drop-outs in the country and so we want to start looking at how’d we improve the graduation rates, how we help the schools attract students to come back to school, maybe even some of the students who’ve dropped out come back and finish their diploma. We’re seeing some success in New York City and other areas to bring students back and have them graduate, even if its not in four years, it takes extra time, but it’s certainly worth it to have them get their diploma. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/oh-there%E2%80%99s-lot-we-can-do-fix-rewrite-no-child-left-behind%2C-we-plan-focus-those-high-schools- Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:07:46 -0600 921 at http://askyourlawmaker.org