Jenkin, whose committee will question Heywood on Tuesday, said of the cabinet secretary's guidelines: "This is unorthodox and unprecedented.
"There is no question we will have some public hearings," said Mr. Goss, whose committee often operates in private.
"We really feel like there's been a crisis in confidence brewing in the district this year," said Muriel Bowser, the councilwoman whose committee wrote the ethics overhaul.
"Twenty cents felt kind of punitive, especially for low-income folks," said Mike O'Brien, a council member whose committee introduced the current bill.
"It's showing that he is taking his money and he is sharing it with other than downstate," said Mr. Giarrusso, whose committee is receiving $4,000.
Representative George Miller of California, whose committee led the inquiry, says that five months before the Crandall Canyon tragedy, another section of the mine collapsed.
Until such a cart was invented, it was difficult for food servers to claim they were kosher, said Councilman Noach Dear, whose committee oversees New York's food carts.
Support for the New Britain bill came from Ms. Sayers, whose committee sponsored the original legislation in July and favors it coming back in some form.
"I am going to be smiling through this whole meeting no matter what happens," said Councilwoman Judy Kleinberg, whose committee had spent seven hours drafting the rules.
Gimme a break," said Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky, Democrat of Westchester, whose committee on public authorities is set to issue a report on Tuesday assailing the Yankees deal.
Mr. Waxman, whose committee is investigating the department's oversight of both DynCorp and Blackwater, demanded that the department send him the records by Nov. 2.
