and with that, robyn russell. >> thanks for coming out today. i will keep my comments fairly brief. i am here to give a different perspective. i work for congressman mike quigley in chicago. my boss introduced a bill, transparency in government act and a long list of pro transparency elements. one of them is making crs reports public. so first i want to start by saying thank you to everyone who works at crs. as a staffer of find the information you provide invaluable. our purpose is to share that with the public. our logic is fairly simple. it is that u.s. tax dollars pay for crs. they should have access to most of the report. the language in the bill is crafted very carefully because we are not arguing for the altering rights for same access members of congress have. we think the relationship crs has with congress and staff is hugely important. it wouldn't allow members of the public to request reports or have access to personal information. any of that. it would be strictly reports that already exist. nothing confidential would be available. and we already established today that m