When a Senate committee chairperson calls state employees or administrators to testify about the programs they run, or orders that a program be reviewed to ensure that a law is being carried out according to the legislature's intent, the chair is performing ______.

A. outreach
B. budgeting
C. casework
D. oversight


Answer: D

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