40 Oversight Quotes for You to Enjoy

The lesson is the importance of never becoming untethered to oversight and accountability. James Comey

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Uncontrolled access to data, with no audit trail of activity and no oversight would be going too far. This applies to both commercial and government use of data about people. John Poindexter

Government People Too Would Would-Be About Data Both Uncontrolled Access Audit Oversight Trail Commercial Going Far Use Activity

A sovereignty is always presumed to act upon principles of justice, and if, from mistake or oversight, it does injury to a nation or an individual, it is always supposed to be ready and willing to repair it. Roger B. Taney

Justice Mistake Nation Willing Individual Supposed Principles Does Ready Always Repair Oversight Sovereignty Act Injury

The Enron scandal is worthy of the highest level of scrutiny, both because of the enormity of the crimes that may have been committed and because of what the largest bankruptcy in American history has already begun to reveal about the weaknesses in our nation's corporate structures and regulatory oversight. Adam Cohen

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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. Barbara Lee

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Hopefully, at some point, people will at least credit the Republicans with carrying out their oversight responsibilities and with pursuing a principled course of action even in the face of everyone's short-attention spans. Barbara Olson

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. Blake Farenthold

Government Money Taxpayer Congress Other Spent Constitutional Investigate Over Know How Oversight Conduct Authority Being Agencies Right

When conducted with proper preparation, and in a focused and professional manner, oversight of executive branch actions can reveal serious shortcomings by government officials and help prevent recurrence; the 'Waco hearings,' conducted over a two-week period in 1995, stand as an example of such an undertaking. Bob Barr

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It is high time for some congressional oversight backbone. Bob Barr

Time Backbone High Some High Time Oversight Congressional

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. Charles B. Rangel

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We cannot expect to keep our nation's secrets secure - or provide meaningful oversight for our intelligence agencies - if proper classification of our country's secrets is as likely as a coin flip. Dianne Feinstein

Our soldiers deserve better. They need a plan for success. They need an administration that is honest about the costs of war, human and otherwise, and they need full accountability and oversight on Capitol Hill. Dick Durbin

The fact is that, in all prisons everywhere, cruelties on the one hand and injudicious laxity of discipline on the other have at times appeared and will, at intervals, be renewed except the most vigilant oversight is maintained. Dorothea Dix

Discipline Will Other Intervals Everywhere Fact Except Maintained Most Renewed Prisons Hand Oversight Times Vigilant Appeared

We can walk and chew gum at the same time. Yes, the American people want us to legislate, they want us to insist on furthering their set of values, but they also want us to resist and exercise our oversight powers. Ilhan Omar

JP Morgan always has higher capital liquidity, that is partially to make up for mistakes and problems and obviously it's a tough economy. We support an oversight committee, we supported some of the compensation, new compensation rules, though we already follow most of them. We support a lot of it. Jamie Dimon

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The Federal Reserve and other central banks have adopted broad public policy objectives to guide the development and oversight of the payments system. At the Fed, we have identified efficiency and safety as our most fundamental objectives, as set forth in our Policy on Payment System Risk. Jerome Powell

Safety Other Broad Our Guide System Objectives Adopted Risk Fed Federal Federal Reserve Development Most Identified Policy Oversight Efficiency Banks Central Public Forth Payment Payments Public Policy Reserve Fundamental Set

TSA serves as the operator, administrator and regulator for the nation's transportation security. But in fact, the TSA bureaucracy does all it can to thwart any conversion to a system with more private-sector operations and strong federal oversight and standards. This agency cannot, and should not, do it all. John Mica

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We are very much engaged across the government, very much engaged in streamlining and simplifying our activities with borrowers and lenders, because that saves time and saves costs and we believe we can do that while maintaining the same or increased levels of oversight and risk management. Karen Mills

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. Ken Salazar

Day People Interior Protection Sense Resources Kind Examine New Most Make New Day Sure Stewardship Makes Providing Oversight American Department American People Right Treasures Need Right Kind

Early on, in discussions of financial oversight, people would say, 'Well, this is a very complicated problem, therefore it requires a complicated solution.' And at that step, I would say, 'Well, wait a minute. Just because it's a complicated problem doesn't mean the best course of action immediately is one that's complicated.' Lars Peter Hansen

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Our system of government works best when there are checks and balances led by independent entities that are empowered to conduct fair and rigorous oversight. These are the same principles enshrined in the founding document of our country - our Constitution. Letitia James

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We have institutionalized a drone program where the oversight is almost completely internalized. Matt Apuzzo

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