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Deborah Koff Ross: Because this Republican Congress for the past 6 years did not fulfill its constitutional duty of providing oversight of…

On the recordJanuary 30, 2007
Because this Republican Congress for the past 6 years did not fulfill its constitutional duty of providing oversight of this administration and the Department of Defense. There was no oversight. It was rubber stamp after rubber stamp, and more money after more money, and no accountability.
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Deborah Koff Ross
Democratic · North Carolina

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Criticizing the lack of oversight by Congress regarding the administration and the Department of Defense.

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