On the recordApril 26, 2006
Well, I can assure you, Mr. Ryan and Ms. Wasserman Schultz, there will not be any oversight. There will be no investigation because this Congress simply will not do it. If there is one theme that has characterized the 6 years of this administration and the 6 years of control of the House of Representatives and the United States Senate by the Republican Party, it is a lack of transparency, is secrecy, is a refusal to be held accountable. And much of the responsibility comes right here to this institution. Now, let me just divert for one moment and cite the example of accountability and oversight in the case of the war in Iraq. {time} 2000 Both the decisionmaking process that led us to intervene militarily in Iraq and what has happened since the so-called major combat phase was announced.
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