However, the process has historically been open to abuse. If only one of the 1,000 beings in this room disagrees with an applicant on some matter of importance for them, it is possible for that being to hold the application hostage with incessant questioning (since the procedure states that an application cannot be approved until "the questions and reservations of the Senate are satisfied"). When this occurs, we are preventing elected—or otherwise properly selected—representatives from representing their worlds, thus depriving those worlds of their constitutional right to be heard, and to have a say in their government. This is wrong.

It is wrong to obstruct a legitimate representative from representing his, her, or its people just because one or more beings may have some difference of opinion with the applicant. The Senate has the right to query an applicant, of course, but they should not have the right to do so without end. I propose a modest change to the application procedure; that henceforth, every Senator will be allowed to question an applicant just as before, but will be able to do so for a specific amount of time allotted to them, and no longer. I propose 5 minutes of questioning per Senator, Ambassador, Legate, and so on, should they desire it.

If every Senator in the chamber, hypothetically, questioned an applicant for 5 minutes, this would amount to 83 hours (or approximately 3 1/2 days, and this does not include the applicant's answers). Surely, this is enough time to solicit their opinions and then allow them to assume their rightful place in this chamber, even if we don't necessarily agree with them on 100% of the issues of importance to us. To do any less, I argue, is not only wrong but is unconstitutional. I vote in favor of the time limit, and it would apply to future applications, pending, and in progress.

Furthermore, it has now been 21 days since I challenged Senator Kruus to support his accusations with facts. He has not done so.