The Art of Legislating and Oversight
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As we close out our read of former Congressman Henry Waxman’s book this week, please use this week’s DB to zoom in on the chapters of the book dealing with Congress’s oversight function (and how Waxman utilized it).
1. Looking at the issues he discusses in Chapters 8-10 — fraud, waste and abuse; tobacco; and the use of steroids in baseball — which do you regard as a successful use of Congress’ oversight power? Why? Please explain your answer.
2. Please do some external research on other federal or state legislators who have used their legislature’s oversight power to promote the public good. Please describe the effort that was undertaken. What was its result?
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