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Committee rejects Markey motion to restore equal private‑witness practice; rules reported favorably

2321670 · February 12, 2025
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Ranking Member Markey proposed an amendment to preserve an equal private‑witness practice in the committee’s rules; the amendment failed by roll call 9–10.

Ranking Member Markey proposed an amendment to the committee’s rules to preserve a longstanding practice of calling an equal number of private witnesses for majority and minority in committee hearings.

Markey argued that, except for one Congress, the committee had largely followed the equal‑witness practice since 2001 and said equal…

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