Thank you, Madam Chair.
It's funny. Mr. Brock got quite upset when I suggested he didn't trust Mr. Viersen, and he was the quickest to jump up to say no to expediting this study and having Mr. Viersen come this afternoon. So much for standing up for victims. So much for standing up for this legislation, which, again, didn't do any of the things Mr. Kurek talked about in his two hours.
Where's that urgency? Look at the empty end of the table. If he's proud of this legislation, he should come to testify.
I think he is proud of the legislation. I take him at his word. I don't think his colleagues are proud of him. I think his colleagues—Mr. Brock, especially—are embarrassed by him. They don't want him to come. They don't want him to appear. They're scared of what he'll have to say. It's truly shameful. If you trust your colleagues, why not have them come to testify? It's embarrassing, and it's shameful. It speaks volumes about what you think of your colleague Mr. Viersen.
This legislation deserves to be debated, and it deserves to be debated quickly. Mr. Brock does not want it debated today. The Conservatives just want it to go without study, which is worrisome. If this is as powerful as Mr. Kurek says it is, this should be a quick study, and then we can go on to the next thing. He is correct that it passed unanimously in the House.
I don't know if Mr. Brock is under orders from the leader's office. Maybe he trusts Mr. Viersen and his leader's office doesn't trust Mr. Viersen, but we're spending hours preventing him from testifying. Mr. Brock just denied unanimous consent to have him come to testify. It's truly shameful and hypocritical of a party that pretends to stand up for victims, but when the time comes to actually stand up for them, they are absent.
Thank you, Madam Chair.