in all seriousness, this continues to be a delay tactic by the Ds. Ms Ford may believe she has a legitimate complaint, but that is not how this is being played. Right now, if the Rs accept the terms she has offered to testify, that delays the hearing until next Friday (1 week notice required). But there is no way they accept those terms, so now we are into October. At some point a hearing. I can't see that resolving anything. So then, the day before the vote she files charges in MD as suggested above. That takes a week or so to come up with whatever they come up with, likely nothing new. So then a new vote scheduled, probably October 10 or so. By then the Ds will have come up with the next delay tactic.
The Rs should bite the bullet and draw the line with the hearing kept on Monday. She had a weeks notice for this and didn't bother to respond for 3-4 days. D's will cry foul, but they will no matter what is done. Recall first they said you can't have 11 white men decide this, now Ms Ford's lawyer is insisting on that.