That is exactly the case. I presented this amendment in committee and presented it and discussed it in committee. At that time, we entered into a colloquy in committee and the chairman said that perhaps we could work through this because there were some other technical aspects that needed to be changed. I was more than willing to take the chairman at his word, and he lived up to his word to the extent that for the next several weeks and months following the committee hearing, we did have a back-and-forth between staff and also the chairman on the floor, literally himself, and he was supportive of the final product we had.
Scott Garrett: “That is exactly the case. I presented this amendment in committee and presented it and discussed it in committee. At…”
On the recordSeptember 27, 2007
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Discussing the collaborative process of amending legislation in committee.
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