American Quote by Dean Phillips

Congress has oversight responsibility of the federal government.

— Jon Husted

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

Congress has powers, and they are an important check on the other branches of government.

— Nancy Mace

Congress must have the ability to provide broad oversight, conduct investigations and make use of its subpoena power, which it used throughout our nation's…

— Nancy Mace

As a member of Congress, a coequal branch of government designed by our founders to provide checks and balances on the executive branch, I…

— Will Hurd

Our Founding Fathers created the Executive Branch to implement and enforce the laws written by Congress, and vested this power in the president.

— Tom Rice

One of the most important checks Congress has on the executive branch is its ability to hold it accountable to the American people. It's…

— Nancy Mace

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

— Paul Ryan

“By the same token, the executive cannot exercise legislative power, even if it has legislative authorization, for when it acts alone, it is a…

— Philip Hamburger

I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution,…

— Thomas Jefferson

Congress has the constitutional responsibility to control the power of the 'purse'.

— Ryan Zinke

A system of checks and balances sits at the core of our Constitutional Republic, and few institutions engage in this critical duty better than…

— Byron Donalds