Chair, we are here to debate a request for an extension. We're not here to debate a request for an extension in a vacuum. It's an extension to have further time to take a look at Mr. Shory's bill.
So if it is an extension of 30 days on order to take a look at Mr. Shory's bill—because it's not just for us to have a meeting, surely—then I believe that it behooves us to relate Mr. Shory's bill to the need for an extension. And I'm not talking about amendments; I'm actually talking about the actual bill. I am getting very disturbed by the limitations that are being put on debate at this committee, but I would really urge you to take a look at that because the extension, absolutely, is for 30 days, but the extension is for something. Without arguing what that “for something” is for—to further study the bill—