DNC Chair Tom Perez on Dem Controlled House: I’m Sure We’ll Expect Hearings Into Trump

Tuesday night’s midterm election results saw the Democratic party take control of the House of Representatives.  What does this mean for the checks and balances of power in Washington D.C.?

Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez outlined the Democratic agenda for the next two years and revealed that he was “sure we’ll expect” hearings into President Donald Trump.

During a Wednesday morning post-election visit with CNN morning host John Berman, Perez first listed a number of issues House Democrats will want to tackle including health care, an infrastructure bill and investing in public education.

But when asked about how oversight of the executive branch, Perez noted that the one-party control in the nation’s capital has meant there has been no checks and balances, calling oversight of the Executive Branch a constitutional duty.

“I am sure we will expect hearings because we have a constitutional duty of oversight in the U.S. House, but at the same time, your first question was relevant, we will fight for the issues people care about. We won the House and won all the governorships, and it has been 25 years since one side won seven governorships in one race and we won because we are focusing on the issues people care about.”

Watch the segment above, courtesy of CNN.

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