dudmuck
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According to SCOTUS, their power is limited to legislative purposes.
Investigations & Oversight | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives
“All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.”— U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 1The Constitution says nothing about congressional investigations and oversight, but the authority to...
they need to investigate in order to legislate.