Because we are on the record, I just want to be very clear. Mr. Sullivan said that witnesses came here and levied “criticisms”. I think that's a pretty poor word to characterize what we heard. What we heard, in my opinion, were witnesses who were very thankful that our government was bringing forward this bill in a compassionate and caring way for families in need.
I think what they did in addition to that was say that there are some potential areas for improvement to the bill. I do not believe there were criticisms of this bill. I believe they were objective observations made from their personal experiences and their associations. I think the word “criticism” is absolutely foreign to what we heard as testimony and I want to put that on the record.