How many times must the story be told of the mal-effects from the mishmash of Congressional turf battles over the Department of Homeland Security before something is done? Today’s latest entry is a well-done NPR story (no, that isn’t redundant) entitled, “Who Oversees Homeland Security? Um, Who Doesn’t?”
It is past time for the Congressional leadership of both parties to act. If Congress really wants to eliminate “waste, fraud and abuse” from government programs, it can start in its own House (and Senate). Make it a campaign pledge for Members running for re-election that they will eliminate the overlapping, duplicative and outright idiotic oversight structure that Congress currently imposes on DHS.
The American people have no problem with Congress holding DHS accountable – they just don’t want the Department charged with protecting us from bad people and bad things to be held hostage by 108 Congressional committees and subcommittees. It is past time to correct this problem.
LAST 5 POST BY David Olive
- Napolitano's State of Homeland Security Filled with Missed Opportunities - January 31st, 2012
- DHS Loses Court Case Against Union Pacific - Justice is Done - December 20th, 2011
- Whither CBP? - December 14th, 2011
- $32,000 Per Illegal Alien? Congress, What In The World Are You Thinking? - November 18th, 2011
- What In The World Are They Thinking? - October 31st, 2011
