Let's pause that. I want to get to that, but I actually want to deal with the powers of the House.
A law clerk, Rob Walsh, is saying that it's an “abuse”, he says, because the purpose of the House's powers is to enable the House to carry on its own proceedings. He's saying that the active intent to request documents for the sole purpose of turning those documents over to a third party is inconsistent with the power of the House, because the power of the House is to enable the House to carry on its own proceedings, not to simply pass that work on to a third party.
What do you make of that?