[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21521]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      CZARS IN THIS ADMINISTRATION

  (Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Mr. Speaker, as I have been in 
my own district and spoken with many individuals who have attended my 
townhall meetings, they have exercised their right to bring their 
grievances before this Member of Congress.
  And one of the issues they have talked about is the question of the 
constitutional importance of these so-called czars. We now have over 30 
czars in this administration, those that have not been subject to the 
scrutiny of consideration by the United States Senate, those who 
apparently have decisionmaking responsibility in areas, who have 
traditionally been in Cabinet level officers, and others who have in 
fact been vetted by the Senate. It seems the longer I am here the more 
it appears that political life in Washington seems to follow art.
  Now, you might say we have come to a situation in Washington, D.C. in 
which we now have a new show. It's called ``Dancing with the Czars.'' 
It could last more than a full TV season because we have more than 30 
of them. It can continue on into the summer. It's not a joke, it's 
serious, and the American people deserve answers.

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