Can people on the floor please mute their mikes? I cannot even hear myself speak. Thank you very much.
I made a ruling as the chair on Mrs. Thomas's relevance and repetition. Mr. Perkins has just begun to speak. I cannot accuse him of either at the moment, but Mr. Perkins knows that he needs to be speaking to the amendment. I think he's doing so as far as I can hear.
Mr. Perkins.