Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There are just a couple of issues.
The first issue is that it doesn't say “interim”, so I would propose a friendly amendment to make it read, “an interim program of quarterly independent fiscal forecasts”.
Second, I have a problem because there's no cost attached to this. I remember dealing with these independent forecasters. We can get the costs down, but I think we should at least put the cost in. I don't remember what the cost was, but I think it went down exponentially as we took out contracts with them, whether it was for one or two quarters, because there's some work involved for the forecasters before they can do this type of work.
I understand that the committee is busy. We've been working quite hard. I don't see why we should just not have time to have another meeting, if need be, but we can always get summaries prepared by these independent forecasters.
I suggest that maybe another friendly amendment would allow all parties to submit names, and then perhaps the research staff could decide which four we should pick.
That's it. Those are my points.