This page contains excerpts from government reports, signed by elected officials.
Decided Jul 22, 2004
Report: the 9/11 Commission Report
Source: The 9/11 Commission Report, p.419-21
Recommendation: Congressional oversight for intelligence—and counterterrorism—is now dysfunctional. Congress should address this problem. We have considered various alternatives: A joint committee on the old model of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy is one. A single committee in each house of Congress, combining authorizing and appropriating authorities, is another. Of all our recommendations, strengthening congressional oversight may be among the most difficult and important. So long as oversight is governed by current congressional rules and resolutions, we believe the American people will not get the security they want and need. The United States needs a strong, stable, and capable congressional committee structure to give America’s national intelligence agencies oversight, support, and leadership.
Recommendation: Congress should create a single, principal point of oversight and review for homeland security. Congressional leaders are best able to judge what committee should have jurisdiction over this department and its duties. But we believe that Congress does have the obligation to choose one in the House and one in the Senate, and that this committee should be a permanent standing committee with a nonpartisan staff.
- Topic: Government Reform
- Headline: Congressional oversight for intelligence is dysfunctional
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
- Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
Democrats
participating in 04-911-16 |
| Lee Hamilton |
s1s | Indiana Democrat (Until 2004) | |
| Bob Kerrey |
s1s | NE Democratic Challenger (previously Senator) | |
| Tim Roemer |
s1s | Indiana Democrat | |
Republicans
participating in 04-911-16 |
| Slade Gorton |
s1s | WA Republican Senator (Former) | |
| Thomas Kean |
s1s | NJ Former Republican Governor (1982-1989) | |
| James Thompson |
s1s | IL Former Republican Governor (1977-1990) | |
Independents
participating in 04-911-16 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
3
Republicans:
3
Independents:
0 |
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