Thank you, Dr. Cottle, and well said. I'm very pleased that we were able to hear your words, if not see you deliver them.
Before we get into the first round of questions, I have just a little bit of housekeeping. We are expecting bells at about 5:15, and we will have to wrap up at that point. We also have some committee business to conduct. I'm going to suggest that we will likely have time to get through the two rounds of questions, but we'll shoot to break for committee business at five o'clock.
I'd like to welcome and thank MP Doherty for joining us here today.