I must say that you are clearly making my very point about the way the committee does operate. It is suggested that the committee often operates in this fashion, submitting substitutes at the last minute. This is a very complex subject, it involves the districts of four Members of this House. An entire substitute at the full committee the night before, on complex issues like this, surely that might have been better handled at the subcommittee level.
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