The committee of the New Jersey Legislature investigating last fall’s closure of local access lanes to the George Washington Bridge doesn’t call any witness to give testimony without first checking with federal prosecutors.

Sen. Loretta Weinberg, D-Bergen, the co-chair of the Legislative Select Committee on Investigation, said the committee’s special counsel, Reid Schar of Jenner & Block in Chicago, confers with U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman before any witness is called.