Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., is suggesting a bold proposal for how to calm the raging political atmosphere while making Washington run more efficiently in the process: remove cameras from Senate committee hearings.
Hearings are ostensibly meant as fact-finding missions to advance legislative goals, but Sasse claims that in reality his colleagues have little to no interest in what witnesses have to say and use the time in front of the camera to push their own political agendas.
Sasse noted that much of the work done by the Senate Intelligence Committee is done without cameras present, and there he sees Republicans and Democrats working together toward common goals instead of engaging in partisan bickering, which regularly takes place in televised hearings held by other committees.
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I couldn’t agree with him more. He is 100% correct. We need to restore civility in our government. They can pander to their base AFTER any hearings.
I have a better idea, use the cameras to keep a running tab on how long the issue is discussed versus the self-commercials. If the commercials run longer than the issues, each committee member is fined a year’s salary. Money talks.