Sentence examples for exercise of oversight from inspiring English sources

But the sponsors of the legislation say it was a modest but necessary exercise of oversight over a new department that they say has overlooked basic needs for children and parents seeking shelter, like a bed or a crib, medical care, and help in securing the government documents that the city now requires before allowing a family to enter the shelter system.

Lincoln's successor, President Andrew Johnson was impeached for his exercise of oversight of his cabinet.

The Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld the exercise of congressional oversight, including the power of committees to issue subpoenas, because oversight is "inherent in the legislative process". As early as 1792, Congress investigated military failures in the western territories.

As Obama appointees John Kerry and Chuck Hagel can attest, the US Congress was ineffective, to say the least, in the exercise of its oversight responsibilities.

Do you agree that a hearing by this committee on that case, at which time all of the facts can be explored, would be a legitimate exercise of our oversight responsibility?

But the assignment of Defense Department activities among appropriation titles - procurement, research and development, military personnel, operation and maintenance, military construction - constitutes one of the key tools the Congress can use to exercise its powers of oversight and control of military spending.

The new Democratic majority in Congress is ready to exercise its power of oversight.

The report found that these problems were "not a consequence of probation privatization per se" but what comes to pass when "public officials allow probation companies to profit by extracting fees directly from probationers, and then fail to exercise the kind of oversight needed to protect probationers from abusive and extortionate practices".

Without direct access to Mr. Mueller's full report, Congress cannot responsibly decide whether to exercise its powers of oversight or impeachment, and the American people will be unable to make a fully informed decision about whether Mr. Trump can be trusted with the high office he occupies.

The General Assembly needs to exercise its power of oversight to protect its flagship University".

In other words, won't the alleged threat to national security always trump the inconvenience of permitting Congress and the judiciary to exercise any modicum of oversight?