Actions Quote by Bob Barr

I think there's always a role for Congress under every instance in every administration to conduct oversight of the executive branch.

— Paul Ryan

How exactly the obstruction-of-justice statutes interact with the president's broad powers to supervise the executive branch under Article II of the Constitution is a…

— Benjamin Wittes

It is high time for some congressional oversight backbone.

— Bob Barr

The executive branch maneuvered this result deftly.

— Andrew Cohen

Back in the mid-1980s, congressional hearings were held after we brought this litigation, and held up the first experiment. At that time, I went…

— Jeremy Rifkin

We've had public hearings. We've had interim reports, which our statute has encouraged us to provide to the public. We have brought the public…

— Richard Ben-Veniste

As a member of Congress, I believe Congress must provide oversight of actions by the Executive Branch as our system of checks and balances…

— Charles B. Rangel

“In more recent testimony he added, “The president has in fact exceeded his authority in a way that is creating a destabilizing influence in…

— Andrew McCarthy

“Finally, the Framers stressed that the impeachment remedy was a vital congressional check on the executive branch as a whole, not just on the…

— Andrew McCarthy

You want to toe the line with tough investigations without falling into political grandstanding inherent in Washington on both sides of the aisle.

— Darrell Issa

You know how in movies the new president comes in and promises to perform sweeping actions with a stroke of a pen? The Administrative…

— Charles C. Mann

During my 8 years in office, I set up a special investigatory branch as part of the highest court level. As it happened, from…

— Chen Shui-bian