Quotes About Oversight

The London assembly's job is to scrutinise the mayor of London.

When you're mayor, not every project is going to go well.

I'm surprised sometimes at the responsibilities you have as a director.

I can't take responsibility for everyone's employment.

The American people do not have the information upon which they can hold the administration and responsible agencies accountable. I call that a coverup.

Government has a rightful role, but not an excessive role, to play.

The state of some of our roads is a matter of national embarrassment.

The attorney general should be a watchdog for the rule of law, not a lapdog for the president - simple as that.

The NCAA has to establish their own rules and enforce their own rules.

If I screw up then everyone's paying attention and I'll hear about it.

Every coach should be under scrutiny.

Federal agencies that own bridges have some of the worst records for on-time inspections. Nearly 3,000 bridges owned by U.S. government agencies went more than two years between checkups.

Regulators owned and controlled by industry are not the American way.

I think an owner needs to be present. When an owner is not present that's when things tend to go awry.

Again, the truth of the matter is we haven't paid that much attention to high school accountability.

Every congressional committee that does an investigation has documents, papers and things that it collects in the course of that investigation - the backup to everything it does.

As members of the executive, we are accountable to Parliament.

The function of parliament is to hold the executive to account. We should never overlook the primacy of parliament.

Parliament must do a better job at holding the Government to account than it managed in the Article 50 debates.

Government cannot tax what Parliament does not approve, but Parliament cannot approve what it does not know.

So I let them be responsible for there particular areas. Then by the time it gets to me that means that there is a problem. I have my eyes open and I need to know something about every department but you don't want to micro manage any particular department.

Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact with the ballots.

I am a firm believer that federal agencies exist to administer laws passed by Congress, as intended.

I find it very frustrating how much passing the buck there is in the criminal justice system when it comes to taking responsibility for outcomes.