Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Cardin, you talked about delays and what have you. I can tell you that we won't get anything done if we don't get on and do it. So this stalling....
To get back to Peter's comments about no obligation, this committee has an obligation to do its job and to do due diligence.
Navdeep, there's an old saying about sticking around this job just to see what the hell's going to happen next. I can't believe it. Most of you opposition members, a certain number of you, have been fabricating stuff against why a Colombia free trade agreement should be signed or agreed to, and then all of a sudden you want to put it first.
I don't have a problem getting the job done on it, but here you have an EFTA deal that's basically done, where there are no major issues. We had witnesses. I don't have a problem with having more, but we had a timeline when we dealt with them. Do we go back a year and a half or two years on the committee and say we want to bring some more witnesses on whatever the issue of the day was? I think everybody had their list and went from there.
It's frustrating. No wonder people have this idea that government never gets a dang thing done with these kinds of games being played.