Before we continue I thought it would be a good idea to go over how we will handle questions and comments.
I would like to proceed pretty much as we did in the first session; that is, we will always recognize a member from another political party for a question or a comment. We will try to do it in balance. If there are a lot of members interested in asking questions, they will stand when I first call questions and comments. At that time I will try to pick three and I will ask that the questions and responses to be kept to between 30 and 60 seconds. That way more people will be able to get their oars in the water. If it seems that there are just one or two people, or perhaps just one, then we will relax that rule a little.