For those amendments that may well be noncontroversial from nonmembers of the committee, could some discretion be given for us to stand up, offer an amendment, dispose of it quickly, and proceed back to the more controversial amendments that some of the members of the committee have to offer?
Requesting procedural flexibility for noncontroversial amendments during committee discussions.
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