I would just say to those members, I respect the jurisdiction of your committees, but even more than that, I believe the threat posed by the debt crisis in this country supercedes any commitment to the jurisdiction of any specific committee.
Lieberman argues that the debt crisis outweighs committee jurisdictions.
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