if the biden family wants to join tony bobolinski in an official oversight committee hearing and answer questions that the american people have then that invitation is open right now. they can come in and do that. on november 28th hunter biden through his lawyer agreed to chairman comer's multiple public requests. he agreed to appear precisely at a public hearing under oath to answer the committee's questions on december 13th. exactly what our good colleagues the republicans who had information about january 6th never agreed to do. they never agreed to testify anywhere under oath about what they knew. the letter that came in from mr. biden embraced the importance of having a public proceeding that, quote, would prevent selective leaks, manipulated transcripts, doctored exhibits or one-sided press statements, especially in light of the committee's past use of closed-door sessions to manipulate, even distort the facts -- >> mr. chairman, mr. chairman, i have an inquiry. >> state your point. >> mr. chairman, don't we have house rules and committee rules regarding subpoenas and then rules a