Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much, witnesses, for being here today. I believe in what you're doing, quite frankly, because I know that animals have tremendous therapeutic value. I've had animals my whole life. In fact, my mother is something of a Dr. Dolittle, because everything seems to find her and she seems to nurse them all back to health.
In fact, our chair himself seems to be something of a horseman, so he understands that. He was telling me that his best buddy is a horse, and that makes sense.