Congressman Culberson Calls for More Transparency

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Congressman Culberson Calls for More Transparency

The new media on the Internet is instantaneous and transparent, and it is a truly distributed network of free people using their own judgment to make decisions and to communicate. New media can open up our government to public scrutiny and participation in ways we cannot yet fathom. I am committed to using these new media outlets to communicate and to bring my constituents into the room with me as I represent them in Congress. I want to be a real time representative, and I want to shine sunlight into every corner of Congress. It is very hard for someone to steal money in broad daylight, and unfortunately, there are too many people in Congress today that want to put their hand in your pocket. If We the People can see and hear what our representatives and senators are doing, and communicate with them in a wide variety of ways in real time, the people of America will have tremendous new power over our elected officials.

I deeply appreciate the thoughtful advice, support and criticism I have received over the last several days as I launched a new media communication effort to shine sunlight into the halls of Congress using Twitter.com and Qik.com. I listened to the advice and the criticism, and changed my focus in a way that will be far more productive and effective. My letter to the House leadership explains the changes I seek to achieve.

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