Doris Matsui: “I have to say the reason we asked that the meeting be adjourned... was because the drafter of the legislation that would…”

“I have to say the reason we asked that the meeting be adjourned... was because the drafter of the legislation that would have dealt with the problem of Stanley Works in Connecticut was the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Maloney). He was not allowed to testify. He was not allowed to testify on his own bill with his own level of expertise. We just thought that it was discourteous for the other side of the aisle, particularly the chairman, not to allow the gentleman who drafted the bill, who could testify with the level of expertise on this issue, to testify. That was the issue itself. If the gentleman could explain why he did not allow the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Maloney) to testify, we would like to know it. He never did explain why the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Maloney), a member of the House of Representatives, was denied the opportunity to testify.”