Okay, I understand that congress has an oversight role in within the checks and balances of our government structure, but what real power does a ‘committee’ really have? Can someone help with a quick civics lesson please?
Congressional committees have no real power and have become accustomed to overreach over most of the last 100 years or so. Congress is a legislative body only, not a judicial or law enforcement one, but they throw around “investigations” and subpoenas like confetti. It’s all BS. If you read the Constitution carefully, you’ll see they don’t really even have an oversight role over the Executive.