It seems to me that there will be many cases where we're all in agreement on witnesses. At that point, how do you determine which party that witness is here representing? Generally speaking, the witness list is provided for and by all parties. The clerk does the panels based on availability at the time. Some witnesses from some parties may or may not be able to attend. I think this puts some constraints on the clerks to be able to do their jobs.
In terms of the questioning, we all have an opportunity to question the witnesses from our own policy platforms or from our own constituencies. I think we're hand-tying the clerk on this one. I would prefer to work on the witness lists prior to the meetings to make sure that we all have a chance to get the witnesses we would like to see on the list. Then it's up to the clerk to try to get them to the meetings for us.