I'll call the meeting back to order. Professor Weinstock is here with us now.
I thank the group for your cooperation on the timing in the first hour. As I mentioned then, this room will be occupied at one o'clock by another committee, so we need to finish just a little bit before one. I thank you all for your short questions and answers. It works very well for us.
Professor, perhaps you'd like to give us an opening statement and tell us a little about yourself as well as what your thoughts are on the issue we are studying here today. Then we'll rotate through the parties and ask you some questions in that period of time.
Thank you for coming, and let's go ahead and do that. And please, don't mind that some of the members, including me, may be consuming food while you're talking. We're not trying to be rude, but we work straight through our lunch hour these days.