<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishHakuna wakati mrefu uliopita ambapo mikutano ya bunge ilikusudiwa kupata habari kwa wanachama ili kuwasaidia kuunda sheria, Rich anakumbuka kwa huzuni.  <response>: There was a time not long ago when congressional hearings were designed to elicit information for members in order to help them draft legislation, recalls Reich ruefully. 