These hearings, and in fact most Congressional hearings are just a joke. To show I'm not completely biased, the first person I saw speak was Rep John Lewis (D-GA). He was yelling at the witness about how the Republicans filibuster and closing of the government reminded him of Congress's behavior during the Civil Rights Movement. Then he said he made a chart of the successes of the ACA and had the witness read it aloud. Moronic.
But if you're someone who thinks the government should be run more like a business, I agree that even business meetings (which all corporate people complain about) are run better than these hearings. Each person gets 2-3 mins to ask questions and they alternate from one party to the other. This guarantees that no information comes out in any depth. It's almost exactly the opposite of the way any business meeting is run.
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