[T Ruth]

Your idea is a good one, but I’m not sure that it could happen. I think that since the Democrats are in the majority, all the committee chairmen are Democrats and they control what hearings are allowed and their agendas.

[StAnDeliver]

"Your idea is a good one, but I’m not sure that it could happen. I think that since the Democrats are in the majority, all the committee chairmen are Democrats and they control what hearings are allowed and their agendas."

Actually, the “minority witness rule” would permit that scenario in any ordinary House Armed Services Committee meeting. There have only been two such meetings thus far - one classified briefing, and then the late September grilling of Anthony Blockhead.