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Ron Johnson: “Congress has allowed our oversight authorities to accuracy…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 07:02

So, Mercedes, the problem we have is that people who work in the administration just thumb their nose at Congress's oversight responsibility. It's largely because Congress has allowed our oversight authorities to accuracy. We don't enforce them to the extent we should. and as a result, they just ignore us. So, you know, particularly when it's an adversarial type relationship, when you've got one party trying to do oversight against the administration of another party. (07:02–07:12)

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Asserts that Congress has not enforced oversight authorities effectively.

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