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Legislative leaders and Gov. Dan McKee disagree on whether state officials can testify about the failed Washington Bridge.

McKee argues that testimony could jeopardize the state's lawsuit against 13 private companies involved with the bridge.

House and Senate leaders believe officials can be questioned without harming the legal case.

PROVIDENCE – Legislative leaders have laid the groundwork for a November "oversight hearing" on the failed – and now demolished – Washington Bridge by publicly disputing Gov. Dan McKee's contention that key people in his administration are not free to talk about what went wrong.

Until the state's lawsuit against 13 private companies that did work on the bridge goes to trial, McKee took the position that "state actors, including RIDOT

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