Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Certainly the committee is its own domain, which is why I am sharing what the committee's decision was on February 3, which was to complete this entire legislative process by April 18. Out of a genuine desire to hear from witnesses and ensure that the train continues on its track, we provided a timeline to ensure that we could get through this legislation in a timely manner.
I am open to the contemplation of a meeting next week if we have to, to make sure we get all our witnesses in. It's a Passover holiday for me. I will be taking time off to do that out of a commitment to this committee to see this legislation through.
To spend so much time on what was a simple process to keep us on the track is highly disappointing. To see this from my colleagues, who have been filibustering us here for just over an hour, is really unfortunate because the collaborative nature of this was to follow the committee's previous will of February 3 and make sure we're staying on the same page.
Clearly, they are not on the same page. It is unfortunate that the members across the way don't want to contemplate a timeline in an effective manner.