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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I think that a big part of the issue with these types of committee hearings and exchanges is the format itself. The members get 5 minutes and then in subsequent rounds they get another 5 minutes or sometimes only 2 or 3 minutes. It isn't like a court procedure where there is a lot of time allocated to questioning and being able to put together a logical flow to the questioning of witnesses. I've seen some committee hearings recently where a witness goes off on tangents answering questions and it eats up most of the time for the member which is often why they try to get simple yes or no answers.
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I mean, they should be trying to get yes and no answers.
Witnesses going off on tangents is usually the fault of the questioner. You could see that with Barrett; but it's cause he sucked at it.