21.   If Congress wants Bush to share more intelligence with its members and to agree to greater congressional oversight, Congress needs to do its share.

22.   It said the policy group was acting in a constitutional capacity as adviser to the president so it was not a government program subject to congressional oversight.

23.   Last week, the Red Cross was criticized by a Congressional oversight committee.

24.   Lieutenant Colonel Rick Lehner, a spokesman for the Missile Defense Agency, said the new configuration does not shut out congressional oversight.

25.   Nor was it a congressional oversight committee, armed with staff and subpoena power.

26.   Often as not, news hounds and congressional oversight panels are kept in the dark for months before being able to uncover how badly performance has suffered.

27.   Other presidents have tried to avoid congressional oversight of secret arms deals.

28.   Republicans have come to see the virtues of congressional oversight.

29.   Several lawmakers also note that Ridge, who was not Senate-confirmed, is not subject to congressional oversight.

30.   Sen. Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, the ranking Republican on the committee, said in response that there was sometimes too much Congressional oversight.