"Nowhere to be found when the actual work takes place"

Last week, Rep. Jim Viebrock (R-Republic) was angry with the many groups that protested the cruel and unnecessary cuts in the House GOP budget:

These groups are nowhere to be found when the actual work takes place, they do however, have no problem showing up after the fact to complain.

However, in this morning's Post-Dispatch, I read that Republican leaders are "secretly hashing out ideas" for how to spend the federal economic recovery money.  "Most of the major decisions are still being debated behind closed doors" in Budget Chair Allen Icet's office.

Mr. Viebrock: The "actual work" is taking place right now -- how can the public be a part of the process?