Except, you know, that all proposed legislation is publicly posted to the Thomas system with 24 hours of submission (i.e., prior to voting), all legislative hearings and regulatory hearings are open to the public, and...get this...legislative debates and major agency events have been publicly televised for more than two decades on not one, but 3 separate channels!
The reality is that most of the people who complain about the lack of transparency are those who put the least effort into finding the available sources.