Thank you, Madam Chair.
Good morning, Commissioner.
I appreciate your comments. You noted previously that the bulk of the lobbyists today generally want to comply with the regulation, want to play by the rules. Clearly, we're trying to find a way to deal with those who, as you say, fly below the radar or willingly flaunt the law and work to circumvent it.
When you talk about the monetary penalties—and we want to avoid the Sister Frances Margaret penalties here as well—you mention the fact that you've had some serious difficulties with the existing remedies that are available to you. I'm wondering if you could quantify that for us.
When you talk about those who you take to education or those you meet privately with, where they have in fact disregarded or unknowingly circumvented the rules and the laws as they exist, what would the monetary penalty be? How many infractions—I'm looking for a ballpark figure here—would you have captured as a rule, if these rules were available to you, as you suggest? Is it significant?