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Chris Murphy: We are all important in our own ways. Government Oversight and Reform, though, that was a committee that was a little…

On the recordMarch 20, 2007
We are all important in our own ways. Government Oversight and Reform, though, that was a committee that was a little sleepy here for the last few years. I have not been here with you for the last few years, but I was a watcher. I think I could see what was happening down here in C-SPAN. You did not see many oversight hearings. You did not see a lot from the Armed Services Committee, the Government Oversight Committee exercising what used to be the constitutional prerogative of the coequal branch, which is the legislative branch. Here is how things have changed. Let me put this where people can see it.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Discussing the need for increased oversight and activity in government committees.

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