It's our intent to have the debates commission in place for the 2019 election. Everything we can do to expedite our work here will improve the odds of the success of meeting that goal. It would be my preference—if you're interested in that, Mr. Christopherson—that we would get through the report today so the committee could move on to other business later in the week and next week. The sooner the better is the answer. The odds of having this in place for 2019 decrease with each passing meeting. .
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