Because there are a couple of extra slots, if we can get those slots, then obviously we would take the slots because the House functions in slots.
At the end of the day, whatever the committee asks, the House is going to do whatever it can to accommodate that ask because that's what it does. That's where having a little bit of a game plan as to what we want to do, providing us with a little bit of flexibility...because the motion also does say “at least”. It could be that in one week we have four extra hours based on availability and the next week we don't have two hours.
That's where we just want some flexibility to be able to say, “We want to understand what the committee wants, and we will do whatever we can to deliver it.” I think that's where.... I'm not hearing anyone who is opposing the extra time. I'm not hearing anyone opposing the desire to do all of the things, including keeping foreign election interference as the priority focus, and I think that's where we're just trying to get to it.
I hope that answers your question.
I'm going to call the question on Mrs. Romanado's amendment.
(Amendment agreed to: yeas 6; nays 5)
Now, we'll vote on Mr. Cooper's main motion as amended.