Reply #7: Wow, I've been listening and watching the video and it is....

[whistle]

...really eye-opening as to how the republican majority wishes to conduct hearings of this kind. I have not completed viewing all of the testimony, but I have seen enough to conclude that Rep. Sensenbrenner needs to be censured by the House for his conduct unbecoming to a Hose Committee Chairperson and an elected Representative of the house. I hope others will view this video in it's entirety. I believe that Rep Sensenbrenner needs to make a public and personal apology to the four witnesses he intimidated, to the democratic members of the committee who he accused of having no interest in the hearings because they were not present, but who indeed were in the hearing chamber before the hearing started and returned to the chamber, and also Mt Sensenbrenner needs to apologize to the American people for his outright display of contempt for the democratic processes and abuses of the house rules relative to giving witnesses and committee members proper time to complete their testimony and statements. I think also that the republican committee members who have talked so far, have used the forum time to proselytize their points of view, wasting value committee time through filibuster and interruption of continuity in the testimony, further denying a full hearing on the matter.

These are just some of my observations after watching a little over 80 minutes of the committee video so far. I will return to the last 40 minutes shortly. I just wanted to post my reaction and outrage at the conduct of the majority and the majority chairman.