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John Thune: “We have a responsibility as an independent co-equal branch…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Published | Video Starts at 16:39

And but you know, there are a lot of things that are said, but I think you have to see actually in the end what gets done, Dana. And yes, We have a responsibility as an independent co-equal branch of the government to make sure that we're doing appropriate oversight of these decisions. And do you feel like that's happening? We have a number of committees that have oversight. Well, I think, yeah. I mean, you asked me about HHS earlier. (16:39–16:48)

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Asserts the responsibility of Congress to conduct oversight as an independent branch of government.

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