Steve Kagen: “Isn't that also one of the reasons why we were sent here to Washington to try to fix this situation where the 109th…”

“Isn't that also one of the reasons why we were sent here to Washington to try to fix this situation where the 109th Congress failed to ask questions, failed to ask the pertinent questions, failed to hold hearings to find out what it is we are fighting for, why we really invaded Iraq, where's our money being spent? I've been told that 20 percent of the money we spent in Iraq is simply unaccounted for. And 20 percent of over a trillion dollars is a lot of billions of dollars. So I think the 110th Congress has a duty, a responsibility, and, yes, a constitutional responsibility to balance the balance of power, to reset the balance, and to also investigate wherever possible and ask questions. So the questions I would pose to my Republican friends is, what is it you're afraid of? What is it that someone has done wrong? And whom is it we are trying to protect? Are we trying to protect America, or are we trying to protect special interests, either the telephone industry or the people that ask them to break the law in the White House? Do you think it's possible that what they are really concerned about is their own immunity in the White House? Is that a possibility?”