Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to our witnesses for coming today.
My first question is for you, Ms. Russell, and it's in regard to your testimony. You caught my ear when you said that your victim impact statement was actually vetted, edited and changed before you were able to present it.
Could you enlighten this committee on how that happened and why it happened? Were you told why it happened? Who did it? Who edited that?
Can you also explain any further to this committee why this bill is so important insofar as providing victims more of a role in this process?