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to abide by the regulation. This would be done after

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notice and opportunity for hearing before the Rules

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Committee. The Rules Committee would recommend to the

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Convention. The Convention would decide whether or not

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such a person should be penalized by being denied the

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privilege from appearing at further sessions of the

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Committee or the Convention, either to the end of

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the Convention or for a limited time.

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We also, I might add this point, it seems to

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be relevant here. Delegate Morgan, who did appear before

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our committee, recommended, suggested that we exempt

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from the applicability of the regulation those witnesses

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who were invited by a committee to appear.

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The Committee considered this at some length.

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There seems to be a dash of fairness in support of that

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proposal. On the other hand, it seems to us if we

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granted this exemption, in view of the promiscuity with

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which invitations have been extended to putative

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witnesses, we would be taking, I think one of the

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members of the committee , perhaps myself, said it is a

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toothless regulation, let us not extract the gums, but