Thank you, Madam Chair.
Just for clarification, I guess for everybody, I will use my time to explain. I was explaining using my own words, but maybe it would be helpful if I used the words of O'Brien and Bosc with respect to motions of instruction, and what is going on here, and why what I'm talking about is extremely relevant.
The clerk knows what page I'm reading from:
Once a bill has been referred to a committee, the House may instruct the committee by way of a motion authorizing what would otherwise be beyond its powers, such as, for example, examining a portion of a bill and reporting it separately, examining certain items in particular, dividing a bill into more than one bill, consolidating two or more bills into a single bill, or
—here's the kicker, Madam Chair—
expanding or narrowing the scope or application of a bill. A committee that so wishes may also seek an instruction from the House.
That's the piece that is extremely relevant.
That is the exact same thing I had articulated using my own words, but maybe reading it straight out of O'Brien and Bosc helps.
What has happened is that the committee is now looking to report to the House after “expanding or narrowing”. So that's changing, which is what I've been saying all this time: it's changing. However, I'll use the exact words here: “expanding or narrowing the scope or application of a bill”.
It is clearly articulated in O'Brien and Bosc that it's something that is otherwise beyond the powers of a committee, and because this motion that is before us is requesting a report that is beyond the powers of this—