Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context? 

Context:

That the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications have power to sit at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday December 9, 1997, for its study of Bill S-4, An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act (maritime liability), even though the Senate may then be sitting and that rule 95(4) be suspended in relation thereto.

Hypothesis: the standing senate committee on transport and communications do not get paid for their services
It's impossible to say