I'm trying to figure out whether there are any precedents that Mr. Genuis is aware of for giving the Speaker this kind of power. There are many other jurisdictions in the Commonwealth that have our parliamentary system. I'm not personally aware of any other examples, but they may exist. The problem I anticipate a Speaker having, should he or she attempt to deal with this, is that presumably the Speaker would not.... I'm assuming the Speaker would not, of his or her own volition and without encouragement from someone, say, “I'm going to split this bill. I regard this as an omnibus bill.” So the question—
On March 21st, 2017. See this statement in context.