I believe the committee can do what it wants with unanimous consent, and it does give that certainty. It has the box, and then outside the box we would all have to agree on that. It said “as established by the Board of Internal Economy” because they've figured out what we should be paying as a government, and it just keeps it. It's a nice conservative thing to put in there.
On November 15th, 2007. See this statement in context.