Chair, just as a point of order, what the clerk read said “matter currently under consideration”. You're interpreting “currently under consideration” as meaning a matter that has been discussed frequently at previous meetings. That is quite obviously not the same as a matter currently under consideration. That is the rule.
If members of the committee choose to.... If the chair, who is obviously elected as a member of the governing party, and a majority of the committee choose to show flagrant disregard for the rules, then I would suggest it puts this committee on a further troubling path and is not the way to move forward constructively.
Regardless of the creativity being shown, I think the rules are pretty clear that “matter at hand” means “matter at hand”, not something that has been discussed at previous meetings.