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Congressional hearings are about informing law makers (and also for grandstanding). They are not intended to provide immediate results in the way a trial would

Congressional hearings are about informing law makers (and also for grandstanding). They are not intended to provide immediate results in the way a trial would. The results if any will be in the form of legislation at a later date.

ModernMech 8y ago
Results can come a lot sooner and more incrementally than that. For example, there were congressional hearings very recently involving Michael Cohen and merely days later, document requests were issued as a result of the statements he made during he hearing. So where are the inquiries? Where are the task forces? Where are the subpoenas? Where are the subcommittees? It's been over a year. Are you confident with "changes will come at a later date"? Seems to me like changes will happen never. http://fortune.com/2018/09/07/equifax-data-breach-one-year-anniversary/ http://fortune.com/2018/09/07/equifax-data-breach-one-year-a...
- jdsully 8y ago
  Oh I'm not at all confident changes will come. If the hearings aren't convincing enough to members of congress then nothing at all will happen. It seems like that was the case with congress as it existed at the time of the hearings. Perhaps things are different now that we are post-election and the makeup is different. My point is one shouldn't expect immediate effects from a congressional hearing. They are merely the start of a long process that can get derailed at many points along the way.
- joering2 8y ago
  Equifax CEO did not commit crimes. Can’t say the same about Cohen and inquiries spawned off of his testimonies.
  - gibolt 8y ago
    If I recall, they sold tons of stock before the leaks leaked.
- sfifs 8y ago
  To a non-american, the promptness and lack of even thinking or hesitation with which Michael Cohen answered and the swift "results" it produced make it seem almost certain that the questions from AOC and others were were pre-coordinated "set pieces" designed to provide some kind of "parallel construction" justification for the requests. I wouldn't put much store by these things.
  - enraged_camel 8y ago
    Wow, that’s one hell of a conspiracy theory.

ModernMech 8y ago

Results can come a lot sooner and more incrementally than that. For example, there were congressional hearings very recently involving Michael Cohen and merely days later, document requests were issued as a result of the statements he made during he hearing. So where are the inquiries? Where are the task forces? Where are the subpoenas? Where are the subcommittees? It's been over a year. Are you confident with "changes will come at a later date"? Seems to me like changes will happen never. http://fortune.com/2018/09/07/equifax-data-breach-one-year-anniversary/ http://fortune.com/2018/09/07/equifax-data-breach-one-year-a...

jdsully 8y ago
Oh I'm not at all confident changes will come. If the hearings aren't convincing enough to members of congress then nothing at all will happen. It seems like that was the case with congress as it existed at the time of the hearings. Perhaps things are different now that we are post-election and the makeup is different. My point is one shouldn't expect immediate effects from a congressional hearing. They are merely the start of a long process that can get derailed at many points along the way.
joering2 8y ago
Equifax CEO did not commit crimes. Can’t say the same about Cohen and inquiries spawned off of his testimonies.
- gibolt 8y ago
  If I recall, they sold tons of stock before the leaks leaked.
sfifs 8y ago
To a non-american, the promptness and lack of even thinking or hesitation with which Michael Cohen answered and the swift "results" it produced make it seem almost certain that the questions from AOC and others were were pre-coordinated "set pieces" designed to provide some kind of "parallel construction" justification for the requests. I wouldn't put much store by these things.
- enraged_camel 8y ago
  Wow, that’s one hell of a conspiracy theory.