Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'll be quick.
We definitely want our condolences offered. Mr. Brown has been an excellent and very reasonable chair on our committee and his family of course should come before any of our business at this time.
That being said, I believe that our clerks are working full out. They've received the instructions of the committee. If there's a meeting where we don't have as many people for whatever reason, I'm not second-guessing their motives. I feel there's been a large witness list, and there are many competing interests, so I'm willing to just carry on with this meeting and get down to the business at hand.