Congress Quote by 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

And I have been campaigning for the past three months trying to get the Senate Judiciary Committee that has the oversight authority and responsibility…

— Sibel Edmonds

It now becomes clear why the Bush Administration has been vigorously opposing congressional hearings. The Bush Administration has been engaged in a conspiracy of…

— Cynthia McKinney

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

As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I will be participating in several hearings on the startling revelations contained in the…

— Anonymous

I went out to testify in front of the Ways and Means Committee out in Congress on open free trade to China. Now, this…

— Jesse Ventura

Congress seems drugged and inert most of the time... its idea of meeting a problem is to hold hearings or, in extreme cases, to…

— Shirley Chisholm

When conducted with proper preparation, and in a focused and professional manner, oversight of executive branch actions can reveal serious shortcomings by government officials…

— Bob Barr

I have been following the attempt to initiate or revamp federal involvement in the health of Americans since it was a major topic for…

— Sherwin B. Nuland

In 1978, Congress passed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act after hearings exposed the F.B.I.'s egregious practice of illegally spying on civil rights leaders, black…

— Asha Rangappa

I acted on my belief that the NSA's mass surveillance programs would not withstand a constitutional challenge, and that the American public deserved a…

— Edward Snowden

Congressional investigations...are still being held on the problem of unidentified flying objects and the problem is one in which there is quite a bit…

— William Hanes Ayres