Henry Waxman actually said...

"The committee should not be holding hearings without essential witnesses. It's not a good use of the committee's time."

"the hearing is being held, it seems to me, more to give Members on the Republican side of the aisle an opportunity to say, 'They didn't come, they wouldn't come.'"

"If we have a right to know about people in the executive branch, why don't we have a right to know about the people here in the legislative branch?"

"The President said on C-SPAN he wanted to have the negotiations televised."