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We need to hold the school board more accountable ... commissioners should exercise more oversight. I'm not happy with the dropout rate.

Terry King

At first glance, Ron likes the idea. He wants to see a mechanism ... with some sort of civilian oversight. This may be the way to do that, or it may be a piece of a larger puzzle.

Sandeep Kaushik

The administrative oversight that should have been in place was lacking. When you look at the specifics that are alleged, absolutely those failures occurred.

Mark Renner

A unified regional levee board will be more cost effective, efficient and allow for necessary expertise to provide independent oversight for the Army Corps of Engineers levee projects.

Tom Oreck

It's very tricky. People can't find businesses. Every interchange has the name of what it is except (this one). It was just an oversight as far as I can tell.

Rep. Gary Simrill

What we need is a national coordinated federal law enforcement oversight of airports because we are only as safe as our weakest link.

Mary Schiavo

It is what it is. He was ineligible, something that was an oversight.

Adam Kless

No judicial oversight. No advance paperwork. No privacy.

Michael Geist

In the absence of timely and accurate data, that makes effective oversight more difficult.

Bill Woods

Basically we're asking you to call it a MORB instead of a MARB. Using the term mining advancement implies a bias. I believe mining oversight would be more suitable.

Cynthia Pryor

The role of ICANN shouldn't change but what has to change is the oversight role.

Martin Selmayr

They actually ran a very good, under CFTC oversight and under exchange oversight, futures business, where all customers were always properly margined.

George Gero

I find it reprehensible considering he (Goss) failed to carry out adequate oversight when he sat on the House intelligence committee.

Kristen Breitweiser

There's a natural hesitance on the part of the regulator to believe that its own regulations and its own oversight would be anything other than acceptable.

Peter Goelz

We had seen them play and felt that they couldn't beat us. But we didn't consider the emotional aspect. This oversight led to a very hard game.

Ted Bresnahan

The prices are soaring. With the end of final government oversight of cable rates, the prices will continue to soar, because most consumers do not have a choice. There's only one cable company in their community.

Gene Kimmelman

We are now just oversight and support.

Jim Oliver

Writing them a blank check and not being able to have oversight does not achieve that.

Scott Garrett

More effort has to be put into the oversight, enforcement and investigation into the illegal sale of guns.

Doug Painter

I think oversight is a function of any committee and keeps everybody honest.

Charles Farley

I think the answer I heard is, it depends. It leads one to believe, perhaps erroneously, that somebody might have something to hide, if they don't welcome independent oversight.

Tom Perez

It's critical that we conduct our oversight in a manner that does not interfere with the life-and-death work being done.

Tom Davis

A level of oversight I've never seen before, and I've been doing this 12 years.

Mark Merritt

Whether it was confusion or an oversight, all I know is everything was looked into and investigated and it was determined the vehicle was not stolen.

Sheriff Barry Stankus

The largest objection we have to that legislation is that it was passed to committee by both houses without appropriate legislative oversight, ... You'd think that legislation that would strongly affect the agricultural industry would warrant better oversight.

Jim Tucker

The City of San Antonio and Bexar County will have some oversight authority.

Mike Tanner

According to the distributor, he believed it was just an oversight. But it's the kind of oversight that is really something that can't be tolerated.

John Finn

I was not asked to serve on one. I think it was an oversight by our president.

Charles Ross

The senator remains open to a number of legislative and oversight options. His preference is always that the entire [intelligence] committee be briefed and involved in oversight issues.

Bill Duhnke

That's an issue we have asked ourselves in hindsight - to what degree did we need to have more oversight and be involved in the governance and decision making.

Doug Nelson

I don't know who has the fiscal oversight for MISO. Someone has to look into these charges. They have an open checkbook.

Carl Gideon

There already exists oversight by the Federal Communications Commission today that has proven to be effective in protecting consumers' right to be in control of their Internet experience.

Walter Mccormick

You find people doing bad things, whether it's in a community setting or in an institution. But in most community settings, there is even less oversight.

Don Putnam

The way in which these suits could be good for Microsoft competitors is if [they] cause Microsoft to create bureaucracy and legal oversight committees, to move more slowly.

Neil Herman

We think there needs to be more oversight and accountability over the prescription drug industry and their pricing practices.

Anthony Wright

This is an ordinary tool as used throughout the country but always in adherence to the Constitution and always -- and this is so important -- always with the oversight of a federal judge who has to determine that ... probable cause exists in the first place.

Chuck Rosenberg

I wanted to make sure that the people in the affected areas get every bit of assistance they absolutely need, ... Writing them a blank check and not being able to have oversight does not achieve that.

Scott Garrett

This is a place where oversight matters.

Norm Ornstein

I do not view this as a negative opinion from a corporate governance standpoint. It should not make those who ignore their responsibilities happy nor should it discourage those who seek greater levels of oversight of directors.

Charles Elson

I had no idea. We had the paperwork, but it was an oversight. No excuses. Whatever happens, we'll accept it.

Adam Kless

This kind of research should not be done without proper ethical oversight. These are very, very tricky issues.

David Magnus

We have since put in financial controls and oversight to try and prevent something like this from happening again.

Joseph Zwilling

You had 60 companies all around the country doing slightly different things, and there was no one oversight or one advisory group, one controlling unit. Now you have that.

John Magaw

As a whole, we feel like the oversight of the contract has been very strong.

Stephanie Goodman

These are decent people and I don't know what went on in their past, but it was probably an oversight.

Karen James

It's a broad piece of legislation that covers grants, loans, oversight of colleges and universities.

Phil Bloomer

There was no effective oversight of the investment manager and no effective control or checks on his actions.

Peter Bresnan

The first and most important line of defense for investors is manned by the nation's auditing firms, ... Unfortunately, the accounting industry has overwhelmingly failed in its responsibility to deliver independent oversight to corporate financial statements.

Martin Weiss

Given the large size of the illegal harvest, ... I find it difficult to understand how this could have been a casual oversight.

Peter Defazio

The board is insulated in a wide range from any control from presidential oversight, from Congress.

Mallory Factor

He's the one artist (that required) very little ... oversight and production.

Jerry Wexler

We do not execute contracts. We do not make decisions about contracting or negotiation or oversight.

Tim Long

Some 6,000 special projects [in the transportation bill] are not getting any economic oversight.

David Boaz

The important thing is to get oversight in there fast, and make it highly visible.

James Mitchell

In the past, we haven't had the authority to do this. But for those (schools) that have no state oversight, that's where we'll have additional questions.

Kevin Lennon

It's a very serious matter with these cases of hepatitis C being detected in other parts of the country. Without better government oversight, we're all at risk.

Jack Cordray

We gave away something on one of the few court victories we've had on this. We need stronger oversight.

Jim Sharp

In the hustle and bustle of trying to get the bills out on the last day of the session, part of it was an oversight.

Ben Beakes

Then she voted to gut the Treasurer's oversight bill.

Dave Contarino

It relates to the issue of board oversight of financial forecasts and whether the board did its proper job in reviewing the forecasts and making the decision. And that's as specific as I can get.

Courtney Pratt

He has said it's important that Congress exercise its oversight jurisdiction on this. He feels that we need to get the facts and make an informed decision on the proposal before the sale moves forward.

Doug Heye

There is one major big wrong with this thing. There is absolutely no oversight from the Legislature.

Ted Costa

$50 billion is simply too much to give FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) all at once and ensure proper oversight.

Jeff Flake

That doesn't bother me as much. We need to have some oversight to this Administration.

Barry Weinstein

There's no oversight over the names. We know names are added hastily, and when you have a name-based system you don't focus on solid intelligence leads. You focus on names that are similar to those that might be suspicious.

Tim Sparapani

They've got some legitimate concerns. We will fix whatever they suggest that we fix. It's pretty apparent that there needs to be better oversight.

Sam Johnson

A key lesson of the [inspector general's] experience is that oversight works best when it is up-front, highly visible and forward looking.

Stuart Bowen

Small businesses, I can guarantee you, would be very upset if the Legislature chooses to ban a program that is legal, has been in effect for four years with full government oversight and full legislative explanation.

Mike Triplett

The board's concerns were with the frequency and quality of her consultation with the board that has oversight of the Red Cross.

Chuck Connor

Right now there really is no oversight of who is doing what with human embryonic stem cells. The hope is that our guidelines will help to create a fairly uniform set of standards from one institution to another.

Jonathan Moreno

In the past, it was fine with the board that the oversight committee not report to the district, but the new board may want more, ... I think it's something we want to address in the future.

Dale Friedman

His visa, as are all student visas, was processed according to U.S. laws. There was no oversight.

Janelle Hironimus

Never in recent history has so much government money been put into so many programs with so little oversight and so little proven impact.

James Wagoner

There is a higher level of federal oversight with the negotiation panel. There is a certain level of formality and clarity, and it gives us some reassurance.

David Olsen

And so again I ask those responsible, with oversight of the liquor commission, to evaluate this and to enact the proper ethical standards so that this type of corruption never, ever happens again.

Ed Kubo

I think the facilities committee could work more with the construction manager and the oversight committee. We could work together and report back to the board.

Earl Campbell

Scientists. What will not stop this from happening is government oversight.

Zach Hall