Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
This is not a point of order. I would simply like to make an intervention about whether or not Mr. Finley should in fact be heard today. I would argue it will be unfair to the witnesses who have been called and scheduled if Mr. Finley is heard. It will also be unfair to us, who spent the weekend getting ready to question a certain group of witnesses we were told would be here.
We very much want to hear from Mr. Finley; I think he's a key witness. But there's an order to things that should roll out. When you have 30 or 40 witnesses, they have to be clustered in such a way that there's a logical roll-out and flow of information. Mr. Finley should be heard from at his convenience, I suppose, but not today. He doesn't get to dictate that he'll be heard by this committee just because he shows up. It's also not fair to the other witnesses, who may be intimidated by Mr. Finley sitting there, frankly. He's a heavyweight with the party.