The committee could make its own decision to waive and then report that to the House, and if the House concurred.... Obviously this has larger implications than for just one committee. So the committee could do it, and the outside authority might rely on that, but there might be an argument to be made that it's not sufficient and that it requires the House to confirm the committee's decision. These are not questions that have been, to my knowledge, addressed in any courts of law and from which I can say there's a judicial determination. But that would be my own view of the situation on the basis of principle.
On May 31st, 2007. See this statement in context.