we will have nathan leamer, a policy analyst in the best dressed man in a he is in, and mieke eoyang up third way to talk about informing both the formal oversight checks and the youth caucus and other formal oversight institutions as well as the check that technology companies can provide as necessary partners in electronic surveillance. nathan? >> first off, i should say when it comes to wardrobe, i was inspired by our host, julian sanchez. very few few people can pull off that suit in dc d.c., and you dt very well. so i had to keep up with the joneses, as they would say. good afternoon. thanks for having me. my name is nathan leamer and a policy analyst before that i spent two years working as a staffer for a michigan representative who has had an interest in surveillance policy, and to working for him and continued that on his kind of an opportunity to continue that work and rain in executive overreach. as you may know, quietly on capitol hill and think tank conference rooms, around d.c. there is this conversation brewing that's consternation over concerns that may be congress is

as julian said my name is nathan leamer and i'm a policy analyst at the r street institute. before that i spent a few years working as a staffer for admission representative just in a mosh who's at an as well and so working for him and he contid that on this is an opportunity to continue that work and rain in executive overreach. as you may know quietly and in t on capitol hill and think tank conference rooms around d.c. that is this conversation brewing that's consternation over concerns that maybe congress is really doing its job like it should be as was mandated in the constitution. and as you know whether it's this president of the president before and, there's this growing question about whether the executive branch is overstepping its boundaries. a whole host of issues, not just budgetary questions or questions about the economy but also questioned over national security. the collation of checks and balances between secret and primers are constantly at odds. what begs this question is, is there a way we can make congress grade again? to do a better job of engaging cong