This is a bill, Mr. Speaker, that did not have a hearing in the House of Representatives. There was no committee hearing. The Committee on Government Operations had some kind of a session, but they did not call it a hearing, and the only one that was allowed to testify was a nonmember of that committee. So there is a lot of openness here, but I do not know if we are opening doors in the right direction.
Discussing the lack of hearings for a bill during House floor debate.
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