Mr. Chairman, before we go to the witness, I have a procedural question with regard to the F-35, and it has to do with Thursday's meeting.
My understanding is that at the moment we don't have any confirmed witness for Thursday. I know the clerk is looking into it. I understand from our conversations, Mr. Chairman, that you will not be here on Thursday.
I would be prepared to chair a meeting if in fact we have a witness for our discussion. But if we don't have one, and you are amenable, we should then have a steering committee meeting. If you are amenable to that, we would have a steering committee meeting on Thursday to discuss future witnesses with regard to the F-35.
I'm simply putting that out to you, Mr. Chairman, because I think members should be cognizant of what we may or may not be doing.