Eighteen members of Congress — six Republicans and twelve Democrats — have now publicly called for open hearings on the scope, authorization, and objectives of the Iran war. No committee in either chamber has scheduled one. [1]

The demand without the scheduling is a recognizable pattern: elected officials express concern in statements and then fail to use the procedural tools they control to act on it. Hearings do not require administration cooperation. They require a committee chair to put them on the calendar.

-- SAMUEL CRANE, Washington