Oh definitely.
There’s also the issue of establishing shots. I don’t recall if the deleted Senate scene has its own establishing shot, but it would probably require one. The office scene would need one, then the Jedi Temple. Since that’s three in a row, it makes sense to cut directly from the training to the apartment interior at the earliest moment with Jar Jar.
I think there is an establishing shot for the deleted scene on the DVD, but it’s very clearly temp, just concept art that’s been animated a bit. I believe Hal uses a shot from ROTS in his edit, which doesn’t bother me.