Often overlooked in the world of Washington activities is the fact that the Senate functions as a watchdog of the government. 

It looks in to expenditure and sees that the government is not cheated in it’s transactions, punishes those that have cheated it and that’s a bigger job than yo7 realise for in these times government is a very big business. Senator Dean Edwards for example, has put in moths of solid digging with his committee investigating frauds against the government in war contracts. Speaking of Senator Edwards, you can see him now fight here in the basement of the Capitol. With him is his old friend judge Parker..