First of all, my understanding of Ms. Blaney's suggestion was that there would be a letter in addition to a witness, but the subamendment appears to choose a letter over a witness. I prefer the “and” to the “or”.
My indication that she would have my agreement was based on my misunderstanding that there would be a letter and a witness, but what I'm hearing is that she wants a letter instead of a witness. I think it would be of significantly more value to the committee to have someone from the NCC here to answer our questions as opposed to a letter that may not answer all of our questions. While I'm happy to see a letter, I'm not happy to see a letter replace a witness.