According to the text, appropriations committees may have the most impressive credentials for oversight but ______.
a. their staff members are not issue experts
b. they have a limited scope of power
c. their effectiveness in carrying out oversight remains relatively weak
d. their knowledge of agencies and programs is limited
c. their effectiveness in carrying out oversight remains relatively weak
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