THE public has become accustomed to and oblivious to the conduct of congressional investigations by the Senate and the House of Representatives or any of its committees, individually or combined. Many consider these as futile exercises and a waste of people's money, used as a venue for grandstanding, a forum in aid of reelection, or an avenue for political persecution and harassment.

At some point, these committee hearings violate a person's right to privacy and safety and expose resource persons to scorn, humiliation, mental anguish and emotional stress to the point they would rather be detained in a women's correctional facility than be subjected to further embarrassment and degradation. Committee members have their own notion of the truth, and their manner and extent of questioning cannot be called out by the resource persons they invited.