George Miller: “the American public has watched for the last 3 or 4 days the prosecution and the defense in the O.J. Simpson trial. What…”

“the American public has watched for the last 3 or 4 days the prosecution and the defense in the O.J. Simpson trial. What was one of the fundamental tenets in that trial that they are arguing about? The ability to be put on notice, the ability to be put on notice so that you could respond, so that you would understand the subject matter, the witnesses and the people that are to be drawn. What this rule says is no, that the tools all belong to the majority here, they will arbitrarily decide a day or two, and they will collapse what has been a historical protection. There is only one way to read: ``If the chairman of the committee determines that there is good cause to begin the hearing sooner.'' If you want to say if the committee determines there is good cause, have a vote in the committee, but that is a committee determination. You are in the majority. You ought not to be afraid of doing the public's business in front of the public.”