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Committee chair urges decorum, recognizes ranking member to resume hearing
Summary
The chair told participants he "gets to be the bad guy" while trying to calm the room, thanked speakers for testimony, and formally recognized ranking member Jasmine Crockett to continue the proceedings.
As exchanges became heated, the committee chair said he "gets to be the bad guy today" while trying to regain control and limit cross-talk. He asked a gentleman to "yield back," thanked speakers for their remarks and then turned the floor to the ranking member, Jasmine Crockett, indicating a procedural transition.
The chair's intervention temporarily refocused the meeting and signaled that the panel would move to its next order of business with the ranking member taking the floor. There were no recorded formal votes or motions in the transcript portion provided.
