“I am proud to support this effort to ensure that openness and transparency is brought into the health care reform debate because people have a right to have their voices heard and deserve to know what their elected leaders are discussing behind closed doors,” Luetkemeyer said. “I remain committed to standing by the many hard-working people in the 9^th District in support of an open legislative process, and will continue to fight for advancing common sense health care reform proposal that lowers costs without launching a government takeover.”

“For weeks the Majority has been meeting behind closed doors to discuss their latest plan for a government takeover of health care and the only thing we know about their secret negotiations is that the American people have been denied a seat at the table,” Luetkemeyer said. “Negotiations about legislation that would impact one-sixth of our economy should not be hidden from the people whose tax dollars would end up paying for it.”