I call this meeting to order.
Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the 16th meeting of the Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency created pursuant to the order of the House of March 2, 2022 and the Senate of March 3, 2022.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format pursuant to the House and Senate orders. Should any technical issues arise, please let me know so that we can suspend for a few minutes, if necessary, to ensure that all members are able to participate fully.
Witnesses should also be aware that translation is available through the globe icon at the bottom of their screen.
As I understand it, no witnesses are participating in the meeting virtually. Since everyone is present, what I just said was unnecessary. I also want to say that no preliminary sound check was done by the joint clerks as all the witnesses are in the room. So we won't have any sound issues.
Before I turn the floor over to the witnesses, I believe that Mr. Motz wants to introduce a motion that was submitted to us a few minutes before the meeting started.
Go ahead, Mr. Motz.