Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses.
Maybe I'll start with you, Mr. Levine, and then I'll move to you, Mr. Greene. I'd like to ask you both the same questions.
I guess I'm wrestling with the definition at this point of apparent versus definitive conflict of interest, as currently defined, to the best of my understanding.
When the commissioner is asked to contemplate any type of investigation, launching an investigation into a conflict situation, there's the potential for public or external factors to create a presumption of guilt prior to her conclusions being determined. I wonder if there is a way, from your perspective, that you could advise us: do you see any way to mitigate attacks on reputation for purely partisan purposes?
Mr. Levine, could we start with you on that one? I want to give you first crack here to get your word in edgewise.