I'm just concerned with the possibility of blocking or not hearing witnesses. The reality is, we all want to get along and we all want to work well. We want to see committees function, but there have been times when that hasn't been able to happen. I think putting in a rule that allows for the government to block the hearing of witnesses--not the functioning of committees, but the hearing of witnesses--is dangerous.
Hopefully it will never be necessary, and this committee is going to work well, everyone is going to get along, and this will be a useless discussion. But I'm wary of giving an extra edge to a government that has, in the past, shown poor faith in that regard.