Thank you, Mr. Mai, for the suggestion. I'm happy to hear from the witnesses. They've come all this way, and we're happy to hear from them.
However, we do have to address this issue, because we have several meetings. I'm looking for your interpretation, because it was very clear. There were 800-plus submissions. Folks submitted because they knew that they had an opportunity to present.
We have a few of these organizations present, but we discounted more than 600 other organizations that followed the rules. That is why I'm asking for an interpretation for future meetings. If you'd like to take it elsewhere and discuss it or pass it on to discuss with the chair, I'm happy to move on to listening, but it is something we need to address so that it doesn't reoccur.
