Thank you, Madam Chair.
Just before we start, I want to quickly flag something. I just want to take a minute of our time.
We're experimenting with this new layout, and my feedback so far is that we have committee support individuals who are not at the table when they used to be at the table. Sometimes we want to talk about something, but we're three miles away from each other.
This is a dramatic change from what we are used to. I would say that witnesses are almost twice as far away as they were before. If, as we review this and we get feedback on it, there's any way to have it somewhere between where we were and where we are, if that would still accomplish the goals we have on audio feedback, I would certainly hope that we quickly provide feedback on this process.
To me, there may be an upside on the audio, but there's definitely a downside in the experience. Sometimes we have a number of individuals who want to watch committee proceedings. We've had some meetings where maybe four or five rows are taken up by individuals who want to watch. This format certainly limits that as well. I know we've only done it a couple of times. That's my initial feedback. I don't know if there's a process to provide that, but that's my two cents.