Governing in Crisis: The Role of Oversight in our Democracy.
October 14, 2020
12:00 p.m.
Governing in Crisis: "The Role of Oversight in our Democracy."
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Susanne Sachsman Grooms is the Deputy Staff Director and Chief Counsel for the Democratic Staff of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, the main investigative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Committee has legislative jurisdiction over government wide reforms; executive branch ethics; federal records and transparency; the census, the postal service; and federal employees. As lead counsel, she has overseen teams of attorneys on a broad range of high-profile investigations.
She also served for more than two years as the Staff Director and General Counsel for the Democratic Staff of the Select Committee on Benghazi and served on the investigatory and trial team for the Impeachment of President Trump. Among other roles, she has served as an adviser to the Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement and a senior counselor to the Chief of Criminal Investigations of the Internal Revenue Service and as a prosecutor in the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Message from the Governor
The Forum was established at the late Dick Thornburgh’s Law School alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh. In connection with the Dick Thornburgh Papers held by the University's Hillman Library, the Forum reflects his experiences in public life. It is in intended to foster discourse on issues vital to the preservation of our democratic system and the Rule of Law upon which that system depends.
Special thanks are due to Chancellor Emeritus Mark Nordenberg who serves as the Director of the Dick Thornburgh Forum and has been unstinting in support of this effort since its inception. In addition, many others have provided time, resources and dedication to this undertaking.