in 2018, the republican majority conducted a hearing that made the anita hill hearings in 1991 look fair by comparison. in this hearing, there were no corroborating witnesses on either side. no independent investigation of the facts to inform the questioning. they even hired an outside counsel to put a witness, dr. ford, on trial. only at the 11th hour with the urging of breakaway members of their caucus republicans submitted reluctantly to a one-week investigation of the allegations. an investigation which was then severely circumscribed by the white house. our republican friends blame us for this process. they're always finding a straw man, but nothing could be further from the truth. first they blame us for delay.