Modernizing the Congress: The Federal Register

A printed copy of the Federal Register is delivered to every member of Congress. Rep. Steve Russell calls that a waste of paper and money.

The Congress seems to have a foot in two centuries. It grapples with budgets and issues in the here and how…but it does so with technology of the last century. When it comes to the amount of paper, even the century before that. At least one member thinks that needs to change. As the third and final installment in our series, Modernizing the Congress, Congressman Steve Russell of Oklahoma’s fifth district, and he joins me now.

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