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Congress has the constitutional authority to investigate the other agencies of government. We are the watchdogs of the taxpayer's money, and we have the right to know how that money is being spent and to conduct oversight over the government.

You want to toe the line with tough investigations without falling into political grandstanding inherent in Washington on both sides of the aisle.

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.

Congress should get the job done.

In the absence of full-fledged Congressional investigations, American policymakers rarely look back. They are bound by continuity and fealty across administrations and generations.

In recent years, Republicans have argued that Congress is a more responsible policymaker than the executive branch. But when it comes to regulation, Congress is often much worse, and for just one reason: Executive agencies almost always focus on both costs and benefits, and Congress usually doesn't.

Congress has a responsibility to review research paid for by hard-working American taxpayers.

When Congress legislates in haste, it often causes more problems than it solves. But Congress rarely reconsiders its mistakes.

I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision.