Yes, of course we would all like to proceed with the study that was agreed upon. Some of us weren't here when that subject was chosen as being the number one issue for HRSD. But even so, I agree with Ms. Yelich that I'd like to proceed with what has been agreed upon without the interruption of motions.
Of course, at that time, with a booming economy and a $13 billion surplus announced for the last fiscal year, no one predicted that anybody would be bringing in cuts to programs that this committee is responsible for. Now that the boom has begun to fall, I would suggest it's only a paring knife compared to the guillotine that will fall in the next budget. I think we have to be alert to those changes, and I think that's what the movers of these motions were trying to do.
However, if in fact there is a huge concern about getting off schedule or disrupting certain witnesses, Mr. Chairman, you always have the option of calling an extra meeting on Wednesday afternoon, which is how other chairs solve these problems. You could have one study on Tuesday and Thursday at the regular meeting times, and you could have another one that takes three or four meetings on Wednesday afternoons.
I only put that forward.