Actually, Mr. Donnelly, the witness before this committee today was not scheduled for one hour. The notice of the meeting doesn't say one hour.
We schedule witnesses, and if the committee members have questions for witnesses that's the prerogative of the committee. Obviously we're scheduling witnesses based on their schedules, not only on the committee's schedule.
There's a bit of work that goes into planning this. There are days when we have more than one witness—no question. Sometimes the committee members don't feel there's enough time for an adequate number of questions when we do that.
I try to be fair to enable all committee members to get as many questions in as possible. It's been very rare that we've ever had to limit questions from committee members. The idea is to seek as much information as possible. There is no thought given to trying to suppress any questions or any members. There are only thoughts given as to how we can get the most out of the committee's time.
I certainly appreciate your concern and your interest. However, as I said, there is ample opportunity to ask questions. We do try to schedule witnesses to enable the committee to get the best advantage, but we also have to take into consideration the witnesses' schedules and what that allows.