I feel like I'm in 1984 when I read this kind of doublespeak:

“While the Trump Administration continues its whole-of-government response to COVID-19, including safely opening up America again and expediting vaccine development, it is counterproductive to have the very individuals involved in those efforts appearing at congressional hearings,” White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement Friday. “We are committed to working with Congress to offer testimony at the appropriate time.”

So it's counterproductive because we don't like Congress much and they might ask questions we don't want answered at this time, and the appropriate time is sometime later. We think the more questions that are asked, the worse it will be for our guy's poll numbers. It's definitely not the right time right now, but we're committed to getting those questions answered.... sometime.

We'll call. Pinkie swear.