[englishrookie]

You do that by voting people into power who pass laws which provide a framework for these agencies to operate in. Putting these agencies under direct control of a central government (the federal government in this case) will inevitably erode civic society. See Hungary, Poland (until recently) and Turkey.

[jpadkins]

So Congress creates agencies and also selects who runs those agencies? Can Congress fire the heads of these agencies? The management team? Or all employees of the agency?

So what role does the executive branch have? Should we amend the US constitution to state that federal agencies are now run by the legislative branch?

[aredox]

The executive branch is there to execute the decisions of the judiciary branch, following the rules and laws set by the legislative branch.

Are you completely unaware of the principle of separation of powers conceptualized 250 years ago which is a cornerstone of XXth century democracies across the world?