Serving on the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight allows me to play a role making government more accountable by investigating waste, mismanagement, and improprieties.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
One of the responsibilities of Congress is the power of the purse, but there is also oversight. In order to have proper oversight, you have to have agency administrators, directors, and secretaries of those agencies speak frankly and about the facts.
I am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the public's trust.
I also served on many government committees.
I respect the Congress's oversight responsibility.
I want to hold government accountable and help create a more efficient and effective government.
As a member of Congress, I believe Congress must provide oversight of actions by the Executive Branch as our system of checks and balances requires.
It is crucial that the House exercises its oversight functions to ensure constitutional accountability of government agencies, especially as the bureaucracies associated with ObamaCare and Dodd-Frank flex their muscles and seek to expand their authority.
I've always been fond of the saying that when it comes to oversight and reform, the federal government does two things well: nothing and overreact.
My focus has been on being a good congressman, and there is so much other work to do.
I've been in Congress 14 years. I've been on the Appropriations Committee in which we are in charge of trying to move legislation.
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