Let me say a few words to start with.
First of all, Brad, thank you for proposing my name.
Thank you, all of you, for putting your confidence in me and electing me as your chair. I know many of you. We have worked together on the citizenship committee, and also on the Afghanistan committee when I was able to chair that committee. When we were on the Afghanistan committee we did really well together as members. I will continue to put in the effort to make sure we get business done efficiently and fairly.
To the outgoing chair, MP Salma Zahid, thank you for doing great work here. It was not easy to work under stressful circumstances sometimes, but I can tell you that you did fabulous work as the chair. Thank you for that.