Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First, I'd like to congratulate the PBO. Long before I entertained any thoughts about getting involved as I am now, I used to follow your work. It always “lifted the green curtain”, as they'd say in The Wizard of Oz, and shed light on what was going on. I could see from those earlier reports that there would be times that people who were sitting where I'm sitting would quite disagree with the way you analyzed things or with the results you came up with. They were always illuminating, and they certainly sparked some conversation and discussion, always with the idea of upping the game.
Now that I've been pleasant—