Danielle Brian Quotes

No sitting administration likes to see itself studied; no administration welcomes investigations.

When conducted with proper preparation, and in a focused and professional manner, oversight of executive branch actions can reveal serious shortcomings by government officials and help prevent recurrence; the 'Waco hearings,' conducted over a two-week period in 1995, stand as an example of such an undertaking.

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

It's hard to make corruption a partisan issue because voters are cynical about everybody in politics.

In any operation as large as that of the federal government there are always going to be anomalies, mistakes and peccadilloes. The trick is to incite so much public (or at least media) outrage about them that the government has eventually to cut its losses rather than risk continued political damage.

We are hiring too many people who are called politicians, and we are not holding them accountable…. You do not hire someone and not tell them what to do. Make a trip to Washington and see that they are doing what you want them to do.

How much we all suffer from lack of oversight from the government.

Term limits aren't enough. We need jail.

I want to go to Washington and clean up Kay Hagan's mess.

Congress is supposed to provide oversight, the voters are supposed to provide oversight. And you [the media] were supposed to provide oversight. That's why you have special liberties and that's why you have special protections.

Congress has lost its way if we don't hold this President accountable for his actions.

Our job is going to be to hold Donald Trump and the Republican majority accountable.

Ever since I arrived in Washington in April 2009, I have been fighting for more transparency and accountability in government.

What is true is that if we do not change the culture of Washington, D.C., the United States of America will cease.

There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example of transparency.

There is this concept of politics as a dirty game. It's a difficult game, but it doesn't have to be dirty. I think this is what we need to bring to politics. I think politics around the world has very often been captured by big interests - 'lobbies' they call them in the States.

On form of government, there should be checks and balances, and PM should be responsible to Parliament.

Everyone needs to understand that my work addresses existing problems, and one of the crucial problems in Russia today is corruption.

I'm not going to reduce the choices of Canadians at the ballot box by backroom deals or secret arrangements. I think that's a cause for cynicism more than anything else.

I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.

I think prime ministers, I actually think Cabinet ministers should be subject to intense scrutiny, I think that's in the public interest, even if some of the allegations made aren't right and so on, and they have to correct the record, it doesn't matter.

I did not resign from politics because of Bofors. I resigned because I do not know how to play petty politics. I did not know back then and I don't know now either.

I don't think we've asked the right questions, the tough questions, at the right time, in Washington.