I just want to express publicly and on the record my dismay at the dismantling of what I think has been one of the most effective oversight and reform tools within the government, the inspector general, as being coopted, and, in my opinion, politicized and misused.
Farenthold criticizes the politicization of the inspector general's role in government oversight.
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I think way too many decisions here in Washington are made on anecdotal information and not scientific information.
We have got to take a stand and say, we are not going to be lied to in Congress.
Unfortunately, through the previous administration--the previous administration insisted on a public-interest review as a reason to delay projects I think.
This project has been continuously delayed by bureaucracy and what I believe to be the prior Administration's hostility to oil and gas.
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