Senator Whelan: If I may add a word or two, I want the witnesses to realize that, when we are here, we are considered absent from the Senate. That means that for two weeks we will be counted absent, and you can be sure the press, and the media generally, will be telling the people that we are not doing our duty, but they won't be saying anything about our being out here listening to these briefs.
Le sénateur Whelan: Si l'on me permet d'ajouter quelques mots, je tiens à ce que les témoins sachent que, pendant que nous tenons des audiences ici, on nous considère absents du Sénat, donc que, pendant deux semaines, nous serons portés absents.
