Quotes About Oversight

FISA is a powerful tool - and we've got to be sure we're using it properly, at every step in the process. But we couldn't do our jobs without it.

We must use all the tools of American power in resolving disputes, including diplomacy. And we must have sufficient congressional debate and oversight before ever putting another U.S. solider in harm's way.

There is definitely a balance that I have to strike both in terms of supporting the Police Bureau - making sure they have the tools and the resources they need to do their jobs effectively. But I also have an important role to play when it comes to oversight and accountability.

Expenditures have gone rampant in Puerto Rico: lack of accountability - total lack of accountability.

I think the FISA court's basically totally irrelevant.

Our politicians screw up all the time, as we see. But with so many things, we're no longer the world leader in that.

Any time we give people the ability to use force, we have to be very careful. It's sort of like the people who spy on us - you've got to watch the watchers.

My cell phone bill and my cable gets cut off all the time. Not because I don't have the money, but because I just forget to pay my bills.

It is time for us to insist that we are accountable for the money that we are spending.

But the United States is surely not the only country working on gene drive in mammals. If we're on it, China is too. And China has not demonstrated a comforting abundance of oversight in the realm of genetic engineering.

What Washington Needs is Adult Supervision.

I signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. It was a significant triumph: the most sweeping change to the rules governing America's financial sector since the New Deal.

Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity

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They recall a lot of cars. "We gotta get those cars back. We don't recall putting brakes in them."

This president has been reluctant to hold anybody accountable. No one was held accountable after September the 11th. Nobody's been held accountable after the clear flaws in intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq.

The administrative control of the government remains everywhere. You can't have a government within the country and not have control over everything that's happening in the country... Even in the Election Commission there is some extent of administrative control.

A judge's role is to ensure that the legislature remains within the limits of its assigned authority under the Constitution. Judges have no authority to second-guess the wisdom of the value judgments and policy choices the legislature has made.

We have to remind the people: Congress has the constitutional obligation and public responsibility to oversee these issues and the Department of Justice's operations.

By raising bread-and-butter issues, we remind the Government of the things that it may forget or ignore.

There should be some other provisions in the Constitution whereby if the Government is not functioning well, it can be dealt with. In a parliamentary democracy, this should be done only by Parliament. The prime minister should be answerable only to Parliament and it should only be Parliament that can install him or remove him.

Ensuring that the intelligence community adheres to its responsibilities to report on its activities to Congress is absolutely essential.

When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.

The best way to supervise your men is from their reports that they make out.