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Steny Hoyer: “The Executive department has refused to come before our…”

Featuring: Steny Hoyer, Democratic | U.S. House Maryland, 5th Congressional District

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Hoyer: We're Advancing a Bill that Does Not Adequately Invest in Making Congress Work for the People

Published | Video Starts at 02:01

… extraordinarily large executive department over which the founding fathers thought that we would be a check and a balance. Not only are we not a check and a balance, but The Executive department has refused to come before our committees and we are marking up with almost no oversight. But I want to congratulate you, Mr. Chairman of this subcommittee. I think we've had more hearings than any other committee. God bless you. (02:01–02:10)

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Asserts that the executive department is not cooperating with congressional oversight.

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