Page:Longines Chronicles with Peter Frelinghuysen 1954 ARC-96008.ogv/20

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Frelinghuysen
It not only would end the rivalry, it would eliminate those committees entirely, and they would be replaced by a single joint committee, like the Atomic Energy Committee, which has worked well, composed by an equal number of House members and Senators. And the purpose would be to avoid the competition for witnesses and the competition for publicity which has taken place under the existing set up. There has been, in other words, a lack of definition of the jurisdiction of the respective committees and it seems to me this is one field where we do not need two committees. They are not legislative in character, they're really primarily an attempt to reassure the public--

Lesueur
It's very interesting--

Frelinghuysen
that there is a threat but that it's under control and they know what it is.