Mr. Chair, it seems to me that in a situation where there is a tie vote--and in this circumstance in terms of upholding your original ruling--that this is a statement for the status quo. It is not a statement to change the agenda of the committee.
The status quo of the committee is to hear from Mr. Soudas. That was what the published and agreed upon agenda of the committee was. Your decision takes us away from that. I don't see how a tie vote can take us from our original agenda.
I think you're going beyond the scope of what a tie vote implies, which is usually a decision for the status quo. The status quo of this meeting is to hear from Dimitri Soudas, and that's what we should be reverting to in that circumstance.