It is amazing to me that the political rights of 700,000 people might be conditioned on the business interests of one man.
the point is exactly as you say. There is a constitutional ceiling but there is no floor.
the committee is investigating efforts by the Department of Education to interfere with the integrity of its inspector general office and it...
the leadership was apparently so perturbed and threatened by the IG investigation that they tried to shut it down.
I agree with your sense of urgency about the importance of this issue and I think we stand ready in this committee to help however...
Why is this a problem for the government?
The president hasn't even nominated a candidate for nine of these positions including the Departments of Education, Defense, Treasury, HHS, ...
Was there anything wrong with or is there anything wrong with committees in Congress or Members of Congress writing to inspectors generals u...
And what is the impact of all of these vacancies on public policy?
Have we seen similar kinds of assaults on the independence and integrity of inspector generals in other departments?
I think the whole thing is imaginary. It's like the tooth fairy.