ms. bennett. dr. cuillier. >> thank you, senator franken. i want to thank you for the opportunity to testify today on behalf of the society of professional journalists and the sunshine government initiative. as you know we are passionate about access to government information. foia helps the drones reveal corruption, expose problems in society, and our citizens to recently journalistic use foia to expose dangers of crime aboard krisher prefigures foia to -- among federal reserve bank presidenpresiden t. they just for you to show a drug companies influence what appears on warning labels. foia makes a difference and it saves lives. but i'm here today to say that foia is terribly, terribly broken and it needs more than just reinvigoration. it really needs resuscitation to you all have worked hard to improve foia. in 2007 open government act, creation of ogis. for that we thank you. off great, but on the ground today people to access to information is actually more and more restrictive restricted than ever. for example, this year the u.s. droppe