Lives. We have a lot of members feeling frustrated trying to do the jobs they were elected to do. The internal mechanisms we previously relied upon to help us solve institutional problems are not working. Maybe it is time to consider new ideas. Maybe congress can learn from techniques of experts who work closely with opposing factions on corporate boards, foreign governments, rival gangs and within families. I am looking forward to hearing what our Witnesses Today recommend. The select committee will make use of committee rules we adopted this year that give us flexibility to experiment without we structure our hearings to the goal is to encourage thoughtful discussion and a civil exchange of ideas and opinions. In accordance with Clause 2j of House Rule 11, we allow 30 minutes of extended questioning for each witness and without a section, the two hours will not be segregated between witnesses and members. Vice chair timmons and i will manage time to ensure every member has an equal o
Okay. The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time, and i now recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. So, over the past several months, i have been grappling with the question of how to effectively chair a bipartisan committee in an environment that incentivizes partisanship. As we all know, Partisanship Isnt new, and when weve engaged in constructive conflict, its not necessarily bad, but today, a lot of what happens in congress doesnt feel very constructive. It feels frustrating at best and maddening at worst and that feeling, by the way, is bipartisan. I havent met anyone who actually enjoys working in a dysfunctional environment. So, rather than just accept this as the way things are, ive been thinking a lot about what it would take to make things better and spending a lot of time talking to people who know far more about this stuff than i do. Ive talked to experts in organizational
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