In most committees, when you have officials and you ask for them to get back to the committee with information, if there's no issue with anyone, we would just accept that.
The real issue is whether or not the committee is going to give its unanimous consent to tasking you as the chair to work with the clerk to bring those witnesses. Quite honestly, we have a big gap in knowledge, and it's not just the numbers that would be brought forward by them but also what is actually happening on the ground.
I would just ask all members to think of that. This is just giving unanimous consent for you to invite them to an open spot on Thursday.