I would like to go back to a subject because earlier I asked to speak and was not given the floor.
First, our witnesses in the second hour on Wednesday, and even those in the first hour, may not be available. We shouldn't begrudge them that. They have had two days' notice, so it has to be understood that people have schedules to meet. So I wouldn't want us to begrudge them that, to reject them and replace them with other people of similar origin. That's my wish.
Second, with regard to Thursday morning, I'm very sorry to tell Mr. Del Mastro that, personally, my other time slots are full. I don't know what he does, but I have other things to do. In any case, experience in committees has shown that, after the steering committee has had a meeting, most of the time we go back to the main committee to resume the same discussion. So we waste that precious time. In fact, we waste twice as much time instead of occupying our it as we should; that is to say that all committee members—there aren't that many of us—should make their obligations known.
So I'm opposed to the Thursday morning meeting. I suggest instead that we do what we're doing now. In any case, on the other committees, the clerk prepares the orders of the day, submits them to us and we discuss them. It's right for it to be done that way. I would like to hear the opinions of everyone around this table on the orders of the day so that we don't have this discussion again.