first. jennifer wexton. >> thank you, rachel. great to be here. >> let me ask how you and your committee came into contact with your employees who requested the hardship extensions from usda due to their health. how many people do you think might be in this circumstance? >> they have been contacting us about the issues they are facing as they try to make these incredibly difficult decisions on a short timeline. they have been contacting us. there is a total of 544 employees who will be moving and we don't know what we have. that's the reason we thought it was necessary to write to the secretary and what the grounds are for the attorney if they are going to grant the extension and what the grounds were for those. we just don't have any information at this time. >> as you say, this is more than 500 people given this ultimatum. a number of scientists who we have been in contact with, a lot of them said what they think is going on is the trump administration is torpedoing the ability of...