| Notes |
I want to, before we get to our subject, just do a quick review for staff and others who have followed this Task Force. At our last Task Force hearing, we discussed the need to expand financial transparency, and I am happy to report that since that last hear- ing, we have actually made some real progress. This month, both the Senate and the House passed our bipartisan Digital Account- ability and Transparency Act, or DATA Act, and I would like to thank all the members of the Task Force for their support of the DATA Act, and I do not think he is going to be with us this morn- ing, but particularly Senator Portman, another member of the com- mittee who was my lead cosponsor on this bill. We are soon going to get, actually, a Presidential signing ceremony. |