I appreciate my friend Laila Goodridge's input, but I don't think it's necessary to consult the clerk. The point is not whether it's allowed; the point is committee practice. I think you've heard around this table how well this committee has worked over the past eight or nine years, and we're seeing that collapse.
The point is not whether it's something that's allowed but whether it's the practice of this committee and what has worked well in this committee. That is what we're speaking out against. You can't expect collaboration without talking to anyone. You can't expect that you're going to have consensus if you haven't bothered to talk to anyone else.