According to the rule book, Mr. Champoux, I do have the authority. If the debate is being repetitive, and if in my mind nothing new is being gained by the continuing discussion, I could do that. That is not used very often, because quite often on committees we depend on goodwill to move forward according to the rules and according to the traditions.
So I could do this, in which case I will ask for the vote to be called on the amendment and then the vote to be called on the main motion.