I just wanted to address the comment around tone. I was aware of the context when I drafted the motion, because I'd had that conversation.
My attempt here was to not throw anybody under the bus. Since I now have to address it, I think the chair made a mistake in his interpretation, and therefore provided that advice to Veterans Affairs.
This was an attempt to provide a factual statement. They didn't provide all the documents. I'm not saying it's their fault that they didn't provide all the documents. I'm not saying they intentionally didn't provide all the documents. It's just a factual statement. All the documents were not provided to the committee.
I'm open to suggestions, if you think there's something that would make that more clear. There's no malice intended here. I'm very open to that, because that's not the point. The point is to get the information.
I just didn't want to throw anybody under the bus—the chair, or anybody else for that matter. It was simply an intention to state the fact that the documents weren't provided. You have to state that fact. Otherwise the motion doesn't make sense.
That's all it is. There was no attempt to place blame on Veterans Affairs. If you think there's something in there that does, I'm very open to hearing an amendment that would remove any doubt about that. The point is that we just want all the documents.