First of all, I recognize that the working meals for the committee and the subcommittee are to be authorized when necessary, but it's been the tradition that we've had them at all meetings. I believe it's....
Well, the last session we did, Mark. During the last session, if you recall, we met from nine until eleven, and then we also met from eleven until one. In both cases we had meals. We've had 3:30 to 5:30 meetings where we've had meals.
Rather than the clerk feeling obligated to appease members, I think it should be the status quo that we don't have meals. Then, if we're going to have extended meetings and you want to have meals, so be it. I just think it's a matter of principle.
We should vote on this and get to the matter of agriculture.