While Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) was talking, Senate Judiciary Chairman suddenly interrupted him to say,
“we’ve just received word that the Republicans have objected under the Senate rules to this meeting continuing. I think that’s unfortunate, but I will follow the rules of the Senate… The Republicans are the ones who don’t want to have the hearings, the Republicans have the right under the rules to do that…. we will stand in recess until the Senate recesses.”
Whatever the disruption, apparently it was immediately reversed. Republicans are saying that it was based on a misunderstanding. Now we’re back on.