I would add, Mr. Chair, that one other relevant consideration is that the office gets notified about sponsored travel only way after the fact. Usually we are not consulted. We learn months after the trip has been completed. We basically publish what was declared to us. We have no role in judging or in saying anything about sponsored travel, but we publish so that the political process can take over, as it is now.
On October 16th, 2023. See this statement in context.