Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Chair, we've been saying for a while that we were afraid these hearings could descend into a bit of a partisan witch hunt.
This is clearly not relevant. The issue before this committee pertains to Mr. Schreiber, his extradition, the Airbus settlement. Everybody knows this. It is known to the committee.
And I would extend to Mr. Rodriguez that he has not been here for very much of it--any of it, as a matter of fact--and it is relevant, Mr. Chair, because--