Thank you, Chair.
Good afternoon, Commissioner, and to your colleagues.
Following up on your comment, I'm one who would agree, unlike my colleague, that the damage or impact on reputations, I believe, is significant. For anybody living this life, our reputation, who we are, what we are doing, and why we're doing it here, representing our constituents, is very important to us. I for one believe that the impact on one's reputation of a judgment of that nature is very great, so I would agree with you on that.
I want to cover a couple of different areas. With regard to gifts, etc., and not to the numbers so much, but I recall in one of your earlier visits before this committee that you talked about the strain on resources in your organization. One of the thoughts I have as I read some of these recommendations is that while I agree with you with regard to tightening up some of the gaps and filling in where a greater definition is required...have you quantified the financial impact on your organization and what that might look like?