Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. I appreciate you being here.
I have a number of questions. I'll try to make them short, and we'll try to complement with short answers if we can, although we probably could use more time.
This appears to be a very serious issue we're talking about today, and an issue that is crying out for solutions. This is the first time I think that you folks have been to this committee on this issue.
How long has this been perceived as a problem? Just quickly, how many years have we been aware of this problem?