HIRONO, JOHNSON INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO INCREASE JUDICIARY TRANSPARENCY

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member on the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and U.S. Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee over Federal Courts, introduced the Open Meetings Act, legislation to require Judicial Conference meetings to be more open and accessible to the American people. The Judicial Conference is the policymaking and administrative governing body for the federal court system. By granting public access to these meetings by default, this bill will increase transparency in the Judiciary.

"The federal judiciary is a key pillar of our constitutional system of government," said Senator...