Gingrich In Town - Photo
Acme, Mich. - 09/16/2005 - Newt Gingrich speaks before the Michigan Chamber of Commerce Future Forum at the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa. Gingrich spoke on a wind range of issues and political topics.
posted by Douglas Tesner at 7:53 PM
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Long live the Newtster!
He gave outstanding testimony to Congress about how Congress itself needed to reform its committee and especially, sub-committee structures, in the wake of 9-11.
They aren't partisan points he's making, so much as sound management points. Committees are organized so that the greatest possible number of Congresspeople have a chance to be in charge of all the "sexy" areas of goverment. The result is an impossible to satisify mish-mash of overlapping jurisdictions, and absurdities such as cabinet-level officers having to dance attendence at monthly meetings of as many as 22 different sub-committes, EVERY MONTH. You do the math (think about how many working days there are in a month)
I can't find the testimony just now, but here is an op-ed that summarized pretty well.
http://www.newt.org/index.php?src=news&prid=323&category=Opinion
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