The witness was not a lawyer, but his response made it clear that this was not his first testimony before a legislative committee.

“Are you considering legislation to address the issues raised at this briefing?” he was asked.

“There is nothing on my radar I would suggest specifically,” he replied.

When a reporter asks me about the provisions in a bill that I’m still drafting, I am similarly noncommittal.

Except when I’m not – when the bill would benefit from all of the interested parties learning about some of its provisions and I would benefit from their feedback.

The norm, however, is trying to gain the full support of all players on my side before the bill is introduced and goes public.

After that, if you accept amendments from your friends, it becomes more difficult to reject amendments from your opponents.

I had such a discussion this morning.

I can’t tell you what the subject was.