I get to speak for 35 minutes now, apparently, according to the standing rules of the House.
Committee members, this was just talked about within the last five or ten minutes, so I haven't done any preparation for today's agenda. Just give us a minute to catch up and be ready, and we'll work together on today's agenda.
Thank you, everyone, and thank you to our witnesses.
There's some business we need to take care of before we call this meeting to order.
There are two motions in front of us. There's been some debate, I know, among committee members as to how to deal with these, some question as to calling them forward and as to whether they'll be withdrawn or debated.
Is it the committee's interest to have these motions in front of us now, before we go to witnesses?
We'll agree to this only if we can do this in a quick and orderly manner. I hesitate to waste any of the witnesses' time. If this is going to be a long and protracted debate, then we'll move it back. But let's give it an initial shot and see if we can get through the motion or motions quickly, and then move from there.
Is that agreed?