Mazie Hirono actually said...

"I think that is one of the concerns that we have."

"SBA was supposed to apply the affiliation rule in a nondiscriminatory way, not depending on the political or any kind of leanings of a particular entity."

"But you know, I don't spend a lot of time trying to figure out what the House members are doing, at least on the Senate side."

"Of course, they will, because people who don't even want an independent commission are definitely going to paint a select committee doing the work as also partisan."