Chair, he has chosen not to bring a single amendment to the table. He has this long list of concerns that do more to run out the clock than they do to actually improve the bill.
As they have chosen not to do the homework, I would suggest to the government members that they express their concerns, repeat them as they do, and that we then move to the vote. Otherwise, it is breaking and eroding that simple trust factor that we had. If the work is serious, if the intention is serious, then I would imagine there'd be some papers with the words “Conservative amendment” written on them here today, and there are not. To go back and revisit witnesses and prescribe some new process of how to deal with legislation, while perhaps novel, is not instructive.