I call the meeting to order.
I thank you for coming. I want to reassure you we're not mean, not really--not even on this stuff. We are really interested in trying to make up our minds; at least some of us are.
Why is this such a good deal for the government, and should the government do this and why? We want more of the global answers, if you can give them.
The way it works, normally, is we ask you to make a statement, and then we open it to questions and answers, and that usually works quite well.
Go ahead, please. Who's first?