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The pack slumbered and only a few watchdogs rattled their chains.

Alexander Cockburn

The big drug companies are under duress on almost every front. There are challenges everywhere from generics, from the FDA, from managed care and from self-appointed public watchdogs criticizing the industry, and with attacks on direct-to-consumer advertising.

Robert Hazlett

People who care at all about what government is doing rely on watchdogs to get that information out.

Terry Francke

The public isn't clamoring for any more lapdogs in Congress -- they want more watchdogs, especially after Katrina and the challenges we face in Iraq and the issues of fiscal responsibility with the budget.

Rick Larsen

Complacency by the watchdogs hurts both taxpayers and beneficiaries.

Charles E. Grassley

Many of the scandals sweeping over Capitol Hill are the product of loose ethics enforcement in Congress. No one is watching because the ethics committees too often act like lap dogs rather than watchdogs.

Frank Clemente