Thank you very much, Ms. Greene, and thank you for coming before the committee.
I appreciate the fact that you alluded to the earlier meetings and that we had anticipated your presence. At any rate, Ms. Greene, without much further ado I'd like to return to the question of the testimony that I know you heard earlier on.
I'm not going to focus very much on the safety matters. They're always of concern to me, and I noted that you've stressed the fact that there were two fatalities in this last year. I'm not even going to ask you what prompted them or how they were brought forward. I leave that for others to ask, because I don't think I want to play with the emotions that are associated with that kind of a description.
What I want to do is talk about your business model. I know you're in the middle of some negotiations and that these may impede your answers, so I'm going to go as far as I can.
Just 15% of your business is in rural communities, and you had a profit of $199 million last year. Why do these people who have appeared before this committee pose you any kind of threat?