21.   Key congressional and industry leaders criticized the agency for its investigation into safety regulations and procedures after the disaster.

22.   Lawmakers often criticize the agency, the Health Care Financing Administration, as heavy-handed and bureaucratic, and Republicans refuse to give it a larger role.

23.   Never has the agency been criticized as sharply as it has been in the wake of the current California crisis, Massey said.

24.   Ralph Nader joined people who want to grow and market industrial hemp in criticizing federal agencies for making it difficult for farmers to grow the crop.

25.   Randy Tate, executive director of the Christian Coalition, recently criticized the agency for financing several projects he called blasphemous.

26.   Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., criticized the agency for its slow deregulation of the broadcast industry.

27.   Republicans have long held a suspicious view of the IRS and have criticized the agency for what they call its plodding pace and its emphasis on catching tax cheats.

28.   That investigation was prompted by US Senate hearings two years ago, when lawmakers criticized the agency for loose surveillance of employees and for failing to protect taxpayer privacy.

29.   The agency is constantly criticized by consumer advocates and health professionals who say that it bases decisions on politics rather than science or consumer protection.

30.   The agencies have been criticized by police chiefs and members of Congress for failing to share information about possible terrorist operatives who may try to enter the United States.