I was going to try to verbalize it and then perhaps the clerk can help me do so clearly, but it follows along the point that Mr. Dechert was making. Instead of our commencing this study, which could, as you indicated, in the preparation alone take a tremendous amount of time, not even considering the number of witnesses we'd have to hear from, why not get an advance ruling from the Speaker, have him clarify for this committee whether or not this is within our mandate? If it is, then we commence the study, and if it's not, then that informs our priority.
So the amendment would be something like “that the committee resume the study that it began”, etc. Before the semi-colon, once or depending upon....