We have some objections to raise to preserve for the record, not to have a ruling on today, but to have preserved in the event the committee would request further testimony, further depositions, or further document production.
We just want the record to be clear that, for these depositions, Ms. McCallum—or, for this deposition, Ms. McCallum's appearance and testimony isn't waiving these objections, and she reserves the right ta raise them at a later time if the need were to arise.
I have four of those objections.
The first is that the committee is not properly composed. As the committee is aware, the resolution forming the committee required the appointment of 13 committee members. At least five of those members were required to be appointed with consultation of the minority leader. The Speaker rejected the minority leader's appointments and the slate of appointments he offered. Because of that—and appointed all 13 members on her own. Because of that, there was no consultation with the minority Member, and Ms. McCallum's position is the committee is not properly composed.
The failure to properly compose the committee resulted in invalidation of all of the committee's actions, including Ms. McCallum's subpoena.
Again, she is here today. She is willing to testify today, but she is preserving that objection for the record if the need to raise it would arise further down the road.
The second objection is similar to the first—that is, the subpoenas issued by the committee, including the subpoena for Ms. McCallum, are not properly issued.
This, again, goes back to the problems with the composition of the committee. Because there are no minority appointees of the committee, the committee lacks a ranking member. This is denoted by Representative Cheney's title as "vice chair" rather
