Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Taking a look at the wording that Mr. Julian has put in place here, I find that it's really predetermining the outcome of the witness testimony, and I don't really find the language to be acceptable, starting with “the profound changes” in the first line. I would recommend that should be changed and altered in some way, because many of us here believe that the deal has in fact been enhanced. So I think the suggestion that there have been profound changes needs to be addressed.
Looking at the very last line, it says--and this goes to my point even further about predetermining the outcome of the witness testimony--“to better understand their objections”. I suggest to Mr. Julian that we've heard a lot of testimony at this committee, and in my view, the majority of it is actually very much in support of the deal. So I think we should be changing the wording to say “their objections and support to the agreement”, and I'd like to see a period after the word “agreement”, and leave it at that.