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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Again, Members, make a distinction when you get to Committee of Supply which will now last six days. In the General Supply debate, priority is given to the respective chairpersons of departmental committees because they make reports of what has come from the various ministries. We want to avoid a situation whereby everybody rises in his place and claims that he is being discriminated. If we start with the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, the Chairperson speaks on the various votes and programmes that he or she oversees. When we go to the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, again, the Chairperson will speak on issues to do with the votes and programmes that he or she oversees in that order. We have tried to improve this process because we noticed that, sometimes, some of the Chairs, notwithstanding that they have taken so much time listening to what is being presented to them by the various ministries and Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs), do not end up speaking on the Floor of the House. Those whom you oversee think that you did not understand what they presented to you. So, they only wait for what the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations will say. We are trying to improve on this so that, at least, there is great clarity. The chairperson, vice chairperson or even a member of a committee, preferably a ranking Member, should contribute. I will leave that to you, as committees, to make your decisions."
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