i came from a time when i can truthfully say at p.s.i., because p.s.i. even has 50 years oversight, and it has rules in its subcommittee rules that ensure that. so we really didn't have partisan issues there and i was also fortunate when i did the that i had the leaderships of both of the fourligence committee, goss and nancy pelosi in the house and bob graham and richard shelby in the that agreed from day one that that inquiry was so important that it was going to facts, and note by partisanship. for get a lot of credit that. so i had the privilege and the ack of doing oversight in bipartisan atmosphere. so the question is, is that still -- that atmosphere, does it still exist on the hill? and if it does, are i.g.'s more important than ever? does it also.g.'s, make your job more difficult? whoever. >> from my perspective, we've always considered the i.g.'s to factutral, nonpartisan finders, exactly what we rely on them to be. reports and take testimony in hearingsing from i.g.'s with that understanding the aisle pickof and choose which aspects of a reco

the p.s.i. report outlines key transparency regulations to ensure that undisclosed side deals like this never happens again, including requiring the current admisn keep congressional committees up-to-date with iran. disclosing to congress any specific licenses proposed and puttingla stronger enforcement of the u.s. sanctions. going forward this report underscores how important the u.s. financial system is to global finance markets and gives us a substantial amount of leverage in negotiations. we should choose to use it. we now have an opportunity to fix the fundamental flaws in the iran deal and put in place a stronggreeme ttly protects america's national security interests and the interest of our allies in the region. recall that the iran deal was opposed by a bipartisan majority of this body. i support our efforts to work with our european allies to put in place a better deal that truly represents our own national security interests and those of our allies in the region. i hope this report hel

security and governmental affairs, including the powerful subcommittee on investigations known as p.s.i. he was deeply and universally respected for his commitment to bipartisan oversight, one of the major areas of interest by the levin center. i'm happy to introduce senator carl levin. [ applause ] >>> bob, thank you so much for the introduction, your great work at wayne law and levin center. and thank you all for joining us this morning. welcome. it's a real pleasure for me to be here on behalf of the levin center and wayne law school to help honor through this symposium the 40th anniversary of the inspector general act. as bob mentioned, 1978, congress and president carter had the visionary good sense to enact the inspector general act which is a brilliant piece of legislation. during the 36 years that i served in the senate, i had the good fortune of being able to -- and my testify staff had the good -- my staff had the good fortune, more importantly, of routinely relying on the inspector general to tell us the facts and to identify areas where a government could work more effective

as chairman of the permanent senate subcommittee on investigations, p.s.i., i have been investigating over the past couple of years the handling of u.a.c.'s, again, these kids that come unaccompanied. i've done this, therefore, both during the obama administration and during the trump administration. and from the work we've done over the past two years, i can tell you that the department of health and human services ant the department of homeland security are not prepared to effectively deal with even more children, unaccompanied minors or those who come in with their parents. there are two key issues we need to address with unaccompanied children who enter the united states. first, we need to ensure that if our government takes charge of these children, they're not trafficked or abused. these are children. they need to be treated as sump. -- as such. second, we need to uphold our rule of law and make sure that our immigration system actually works. we need to make sure that these children company for their immigration court proceedings. i'm afraid we're failing on both counts now and