Cameras shouldn’t be allowed into Senate hearings, Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) asserted this week.
“Most of what happens in committee hearings isn’t oversight, it’s showmanship. Senators make speeches that get chopped up, shipped to home-state TV stations, and blasted across social media. They aren’t trying to learn from witnesses, uncover details, or improve legislation. They’re competing for sound bites,” the first-term lawmaker wrote in an op-ed, floating proposals he said would “make the Senate great again.”
