Thank you very kindly, Madam Shepherd. I appreciate your appearance and helping the committee to get a better sense of the state of the union within the commission's purview. And as I had indicated to the Ethics Commissioner, we hope that as long as you or your successor are there, you would consider our committee to be an ally of sorts to work on issues as they come forward and to keep us abreast of developments and areas on which this committee can assist in making sure your responsibilities are fully discharged, because when that happens, then our responsibilities are discharged. So I appreciate that and thank you.
On March 2nd, 2009. See this statement in context.