Quotes About Transparency

The one who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy. Proverbs 28:13

In the end, you make your reputation and you have your success based upon credibility and being able to provide people who are really hungry for information what they want.

I have a reputation for being a straight-talker.

Once Google is selected to run the infrastructure on which we are changing the world, Google will be there for ever. Democratic accountability will not be prevalent. You cannot file a public information request about Google.

The president's budget request today demonstrates his unwillingness to come clean on the true costs of his agenda. A penny saved is not a penny earned if at the end of the day you still owe a quarter.

People can hold any opinion that they want on any subject that they choose. Just don't proactively lie to people. It's a simple request, really, and one that we don't hear nearly enough.

When I was first elected to the House in 2006, it was important to me to send a clear message to the people of NY-20: I wanted to be a representative for the people and shed some light on their government, so I became the first member of Congress to post my schedule, my financial disclosures and my earmark requests all online.

The FBI, Justice Department and the special counsel all are stonewalling our requests for Comey documents.

Secret courts require great faith that the Justice Department - and future Justice Departments - will act with integrity.

I say what is required to be said.

That's why it has to be a nonprofit, because a nonprofit is required to take monies it receives and use them for the purposes for which it's chartered by the government. It can't be pocketed.

While the federal government is required by law to document publicly its wiretapping of phone lines, it is not required to do so with Internet communications.

Columnists must make sure that when they describe an event, they are being accurate in their description. When they quote someone, they are required to do so accurately. Errors that are made must be corrected openly and quickly.

I have gone to great lengths, and in some cases beyond what is required by the reporting guidelines to ensure all of my filings are beyond reproach, by hiring an independent third-party accounting firm to review and audit all of my previous annual financial disclosures.

Democracy requires an informed citizenry able to question its government.

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.

MSNBC policy requires journalists to report any potential conflict of interest and to seek approval from the president of NBC News before making any political contribution.

We know what's in our Cheerios and in our retirement accounts because the law requires disclosure.

We need to have much clearer regulations on things like corporate funding of scientific research. Things need to be made explicit which are implicit.

The public relies on the advice of doctors and leading researchers. The public has a right to know about financial relationships between those doctors and the drug companies who make the pharmaceuticals prescribed by doctors.

Society loves to put bubbles up there and pop them, and I resent it. I'd rather expose myself myself.

People feel they are not participating in the decision-making process. Decisions are exclusive to those at the very top. You have grown up with crony capitalism and it creates ever more resentment.

In the past, Federal Reserve chairmen have not generally gone directly to the public.

I wish that people had an opportunity to watch me 24/7, like on 'Big Brother.' You'd see a person who is quiet and reserved and very analytical - a huge observer.