It's always a pleasure to see you.
To our departmental officials, thank you for coming back. I know we had you here at the beginning of our study. We've had about 10 hours of testimony. Our intention was that as we processed what we heard from witnesses, it would be good to go back to the department with some questions that we might have on federal jurisdiction and what is and isn't possible, and just to try to tidy up some of the other things we've been hearing and to get your thoughts on them.
I understand that you will be making opening statements for up to 10 minutes. With that, I'm happy to turn it over to you to get started, and then we'll get into our questions and answers.
My intention is to go through our two rounds of questions and then see where we're at. We might not need to go any further than that. We'll play it by ear.
We'll go to the department now for opening statements.