Thank you.
Mr. Ricard, it seems rather dramatic to me that you have to come here and make your case. I feel awful for you, because this shouldn't even be a question that your office is properly funded. I don't know how I'm going to explain this to my constituents.
When you were turned down for the $10 million in the budget process in 2019, did your office made any other overtures and asks to government officials for further funding and were they also rebuffed?