Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank you folks for coming.
We did have a little debate previously, and I just want you to know, when you listen to the sympathetic word on the other side there, that some of your time was taken. We had a committee meeting in which witnesses waited for over an hour or an hour and a half. We had to extend the meeting because there was a filibuster on the government side. It's not the first time it's happened, but they're trying to make it seem that way.