Mr. Chair, I've been in the House now for 10 years, and the standard when you're going through clause-by-clause at a committee is that you usually cover an amendment in approximately 10 minutes, so you go through six an hour. Some of them take longer, some of them are shorter, and some of them are done in a minute.
Last night, we spent eight and a half hours, and we got through two amendments. That, to me, is the tragedy. We easily could have gone through this whole package having substantive discussions about everything, but it was clear that there was no desire to do that, and that is disconcerting.
As to Mr. Caputo's point, because I want to stay on the amendment and the subamendment, I think Mr. Mantle is a perfectly delightful person, and I would never vote against something because Mr. Mantle proposed or didn't propose it. On substance, I don't agree with having the 30 days, so I didn't agree to the subamendment, because I don't think it's necessary to set a time frame.
Thank you.