Of all the witnesses we have here today, would anybody disagree with having to look at the full network? As we've heard from some of the shippers, that to remove that aspect of it.... Would anybody say that really doesn't need to be in there?
I'm getting silence, so I take it that all of you would agree it is vital, as we go forward on this, to have that as part of it.
I want to touch a little on the commercial negotiations being the preferred method. I also heard that coming out here very clearly, and I think we've been quite clear: this legislation is meant to be a backstop. The desired outcome of this is that commercial negotiations become the standard and the status quo, and that we don't have a lot of arbitration happening out of this.
One of the things you spoke about, Mr. Mayer, was this interim step of negotiating. One of the other things we heard from some of the shippers was that they feel the timeframe from when they can enter into this arbitration and have a settlement to move their goods is already too long. What would you say to that? I'm intrigued by your idea of this widening of the negotiated process, but how do we respond to them?