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Blackburn Introduces Czar Resolution
Tennessean Calls For Certification Of Qualifications And Duties
Washington, Sep 16
Congressman Marsha Blackburn (TN-7) today introduced H.Con.Res. 185, a Sense of Congress Resolution that would request the President to certify the qualifications and responsibilites of certain special advisors known as “czars”. The resolution has 93 original cosponsors.
“All Presidents have a right to staff their administration as they see fit within the confines of the Constitution,” Blackburn said. “Where I have concerns is when a President shifts duties away from officials who are subject to Congressional oversight to those on his personal staff who are not. These aides wield extraordinary influence and the American people have a right to know who they are, why they are qualified for their jobs, what their conflicts of interest might be, and what their job descriptions are. The President has an obligation to disclose this information.”
Many “czars” have already disclosed the relevant information and been subject to public scrutiny through the Senate confirmation process. Blackburn believes that all “czars” should be subject to equal disclosure and is calling on the President to disclose the same detailed information for these special advisors as he would for a nominee seeking Senate confirmation.
“I was reading the questionnaire that the Senate Armed Services Committee requires all nominees under its jurisdiction to fill out. It is detailed, intrusive, public, and entirely appropriate for someone who takes on the public’s trust. It would be a tremendous model for the President to use in complying with this resolution. If czars are going to act with the authority of cabinet secretaries, the public should know as much about them.”
Where was Marsha during the Bush admin.? She didn’t even try to stop him from doing things like Signing statements and wsarrentless searches.
Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR: Omnibus Appropriations, Special Education, Global AIDS Initiative, Job Training, Unemployment Benefits, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations, Agriculture Appropriations, U.S.-Singapore Trade, U.S.-Chile Trade, Supplemental Spending for Iraq & Afghanistan, Prescription Drug Benefit, Child Nutrition Programs, Surface Transportation, Job Training and Worker Services, Agriculture Appropriations, Foreign Aid, Vocational/Technical Training, Supplemental Appropriations, UN “Reforms.” Patriot Act Reauthorization, CAFTA, Katrina Hurricane-relief Appropriations, Head Start Funding, Line-item Rescission, Oman Trade Agreement, Military Tribunals, Electronic Surveillance, Head Start Funding, COPS Funding, Funding the REAL ID Act (National ID), Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, Thought Crimes “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Economic Stimulus, Farm Bill (Veto Override), Warrantless Searches, Employee Verification Program, Body Imaging Screening.
Marsha Blackburn Voted AGAINST:
Ban on UN Contributions, eliminate Millennium Challenge Account, WTO Withdrawal, UN Dues Decrease, Defunding the NAIS, Iran Military Operations defunding Iraq Troop Withdrawal, congress authorization of Iran Military Operations.
Marsha Blackburn is my Congressman.
See her unconstitutional votes at :
http://tinyurl.com/qhayna
The representative is absolutely right in calling for questioning an administration bent on controlling every aspect of American life and death. This president who won’t cough up his original birth certificate, or won’t show his foreign passport previously used to travel around the world, wants to determine the temperature American Patriots must set their home thermostats at, and also decide whether mature American Patriots are worthy of receiving healthcare or just letting them die. Will more politicians please stand up and be counted along with Mrs. Blackburn to protect the “last best hope for man on earth” and stop this madness?
May God bless America and also May America Bless God!
David~
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