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| http://lance.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/americans-for-tax-reform-backs-lance-measure | Americans for Tax Reform Backs Lance Measure | 2015-11-18 | 2015 | 2015-11 | Republican | House | NJ | Leonard Lance | L000567 | lance.house.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Congressman Leonard Lance (NJ-07) today announced that Americans for Tax Reform is backing his measure that will open the secret taxpayer-funded reports compiled by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) to the public. Lance authored H.Res. 34, which will finally open CRS reports after over a century of being kept from public access. Taxpayers pay for these reports but cannot read them. It is past time that taxpayers get to use what they are paying for. At least $100 million dollars every year goes to funding valuable public information that countless people would find useful for school work, research or general information but they are shut out from having access to it. I am pleased the Americans for Tax Reform organization is joining this fight for taxpayers, said Lance. Rep. Lances bipartisan bill creates a publicly accessible electronic database for CRS reports, similar to what is already available to those working in Congress, said Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, in a letter to members of Congress. This is a common sense proposal that will increase transparency, give taxpayers greater access to important information, and enrich public knowledge. I urge you to work to lift this outdated, unnecessary rule and allow CRS reports into the public domain. Lobbyists and special interests have no trouble getting their hands on these reports. I thank ATR for using its platform to fight for fairness and transparency, added Lance. Lances measure is currently before the Committee on House Administration. Lance and his bipartisan co-author, Rep. Michael Quigley (IL-05), have succeeded in bringing attention to the issue after years of inaction by Congress and CRS. Read more: Give public access to Congressional research reports (Lance and Quigley, The Hill) The publicly funded reports you cant read (Samuelson, Politico) Should Congressional Research Service Reports Be Public? (Hess, CQ) Congress Selfish Reason for Not Sharing CRS Reports (Hess, CQ) 15 reasons CRS reports should be public (Kosar, R Street) Trying to crack open Congresss confidential think tank after a century of secrecy (Rein, Washington Post) | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |