Maybe the janitor left the Congressional meeting room unlocked today with the TV cameras inside.
Any Member of Congress is welcome to attend ANY Committee or Subcommittee Hearing that is officially called. The visiting Member can even participate and ask questions, but only after all official Members of the Committee have finished their questions.
In most hearings, and in this one (if it is official), there are at most two Members of the Committee present. If I had been elected to Congress, I would DEFINITELY have attended THIS hearing, and I guar-on-damn-tee that the fur would have flown.
Congressman Billybob