Quotes About Oversight

Trump seemed not to remember his own decision because he did not ask about it. He had no list—in his mind or anywhere else—of tasks to complete.

Trump's willingness to attack the 2020 election process even after being impeached a few months earlier suggests that we live in an era when confidence in presidential power and party loyalty seems greater than concerns about congressional oversight or public shame.

A veces una es tan descuidada —dijo tímidamente Clara—. Cree que lleva todo, y siempre olvida algo.

The answer to Efficacy lies in the hand of excellent management, reliable systems and good governess"

But who is to guard the guards themselves?

One thing that we've invested a lot of in, that we all live by, is the power of the commissioner.

For the Department of Energy to conduct this investigation is like the fox watching the hen house.

It's not the function of Congress to do criminal investigations.

Congress does investigations better than they do anything else.

My job is to look after all our investments and ensure that we grow.

I'm not too involved in day-to-day matters. I only supervise at the board level.

I don't just issue instructions. I follow up to see if they have been obeyed.

If you could see the instructions that I gave Jerry to begin with, I'd be embarrassed.

We need to get rid of the Federal Elections Commission. It's a joke. It doesn't enforce the law.

Some resent being called sinners, but when pastoral oversight and charitable concern for others falters, lives are sooner or later, in this life or the next, brought to destruction.

Para mantenerse libres hay que tener los ojos siempre abiertos puestos sobre el gobierno. Hay que espiar sus pasos, oponerse a sus atentados, reprimir sus desvíos… [el objetivo] es ejercer un control perpetuo sobre los hombres que llegan al poder. Aunque vosotros los hayáis elegido, controlarlos es un deber de todos en todo momento.

Being in charge isn't about doing anything—it's about making certain that other people do what they're supposed to!

Its main responsibility is health spending, but it oversees a lot of other things as well. Education, culture, and so on.

If there had been a Financial Product Safety Commission in place 10 years ago, the current financial crisis would have been averted.

Let's make it simple: Government control means uniformity, regulation, fees, inspection, and yes, compliance.

It's a new day at the Department of Interior, and we need to examine what makes the most sense for the American people. These are American resources and American treasures, and we need to make sure we're providing the right kind of protection, oversight and stewardship of these resources for the American people.

One of the roles of the Treasury committee is to look under the bonnet of the financial services sector to shine a light on any of its shortcomings.

I don't think that left to its own devices, capitalism moves along smoothly and everyone gets treated fairly in the process. Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the shoulder of that child.

The bureaucrats tremble because they don't perform. In the past nobody checked their work. Now that I do it they are scared.