Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Forgive me. I'm going to seek your indulgence.
Perhaps it's a previous motion, since there have been a lot of them at this committee, but I'm pretty sure that I already amended some of this language out, particularly as it relates to “additional resources”. Did that not occur? If not, I will go on the record to state that I have no intention of arbitrarily providing you or anybody infinite resources and infinite dates to deal with this matter. I certainly want to address this matter, but I want to address it within our calendar sitting days and regularly scheduled meetings, without additional resources and the ability to arbitrarily call meetings.
I'll go on the record to state emphatically that I believe there is a common courtesy in committee. We have a subcommittee that plans work. It cannot be at the call of the chair. I've stated this on many different occasions. From my perspective, I am very comfortable calling in the witnesses together on one day for two hours. They can give their opening statements, and we can ask questions to whomever we see fit. I'm very keenly interested in that. I've expressed as much in conversations with all parties. What I'm not looking for is turning this into a never-ending story that becomes meeting upon meeting—a reflection of the current filibuster we seem to find ourselves in. That's my position on this.
I move that we subamend this amendment and strike out the last line about “additional resources”, as available, which seems to be a new Conservative catchphrase. We'd get rid of that and have it be “in existing scheduled meetings before the House rises”.