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Steny Hoyer: “The legislative body is woefully under resourced to confront…”

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 01:35

The ranking member and the ranking member of the full committee have made observations. I'll perhaps repeat those. But I want to say in a broader sense, The legislative body is woefully under resourced to confront a extraordinarily large executive department. over which the founding fathers thought that we would be a check and a balance. (01:35–01:49)

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Asserts that the legislative body lacks resources to effectively oversee the executive department.

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