Thank you very much.
I want to thank all of you because you're all incredibly articulate and well researched, and you're making very compelling arguments. Thank you very much for testifying.
One of the things we have as elected leaders in this country is not just a voice but a megaphone, so the question we ask ourselves is which voices to amplify. You've made a very strong case that we need to make sure we're amplifying voices of diverse groups in our country.
My specific question is for Ms. deJong. Before I entered electoral politics, women in politics was what I worked on internationally as the manager of iKNOW Politics, and your research is absolutely correct. There are a number of studies showing that the gap between the number of men and women who even consider politics as an option, or have ever thought about politics, is actually getting larger among college-age men and women.
It seems that the younger generation, even though they are, in my view, more engaged politically in terms of their knowledge and their advocacy, are less likely to join political parties and run for office. What do you think we can do to reverse that, and what are the reasons why that might be happening?