Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I support the existing time allocations. Previously I was chair of the veterans affairs committee, and I think that if Mr. Martin were to ask Mr. Stoffer—who was on that committee with me—he would say I was very generous toward his participation. There were some times when Mr. Stoffer was not able to attend the full committee meeting and only attended the first part. I was very generous with regard to the opposition who remained, and sometimes I would allocate positions depending upon who was there and who showed interest.
I think it's important, though, that when you set the time allocations, you don't start off in a partisan way trying to limit members—especially new committee members on the government side, for whom this is their first committee experience, who want to have a chance to participate and to ask questions and do something useful for their country and their constituents—or sideline them for partisan considerations.