I'm not asking for babysitting, Mr. Chair. I believe that was an incendiary remark. We're trying to....
I believe you're supposed to be neutral. I am saying that given the weight of this topic, if there was a concern about the witnesses or certainly if you're scheduling witnesses who have requested to appear on this topic, it would be courteous—not out of any sort of particular motive that you've just described—to let people know that you are now using half a meeting for this topic.
In the future, I would ask that when you are assigning to the sub-study, you give committee members appropriate notice.