[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 121 (Friday, July 14, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H3579-H3580]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          GOP OVERSIGHT STATS

  (Mr. ROSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROSE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 118th Congress 
for restoring the oversight function of the House.
  Since winning the majority, House Republicans have held 565 oversight 
hearings, compelled Biden officials to testify 561 times, sent 862 
letters to the administration, and issued 45 subpoenas, and we are just 
getting started.
  Our Founders never intended for a President to be able to bypass 
Congress

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through executive action, like forgiving more than $400 billion in loan 
debt with the stroke of a pen.
  They never intended for a Federal agency to be able to circumvent the 
people's Representatives and use their regulatory authority to advance 
so-called progressive ideas. The judicial branch is doing its part to 
curb the rogue--often unconstitutional--actions of this President, but 
the American people can count on this half of the legislative branch to 
conduct its critical oversight function, just as our Founders intended.

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