Asked Quote by Robert Zoellick

Congressional overseers and the public must be given appropriate insight into government activities as well as their legal rationale to ensure America's values are…

— Dianne Feinstein

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

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

The accountability of state legislators is so much more than federal legislators.

— Rob Woodall

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

There's a lot of bipartisan rancor, a lot of excessive delegation of legislative power from the legislative branch to the executive branch.

— Mike Lee

I am mindful of the difference between the executive branch and the legislative branch. I assured all four of these leaders that I know…

— George W. Bush

Lawmakers, sometimes they get surprised by something and they assess it to be powerful even when it's not really signaling that kind of capacity.

— Zeynep Tufekci

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

— Nancy Mace

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

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep…

— Theodore Roosevelt