jessica, we're going to begin with you, a question for cynthia bauerly, commissioner for the fec. go ahead, jessica. >> hi, cynthia. so, i'm wondering, i saw that the mission of the fec is preventing corruption in federal campaigns. do you think that the current fec regulations are working or do you see reform in the near future? >> well, i'll start with your first question, the statute and the

. >> cynthia bauerly? >> well, i think -- i understood his context. he was talking about candidates that self-fund. and i think that is something that has yet to be seen in this new regime. that was in a world where we didn't have these things called candidate specific super pacs. and one of the aspects about this primary campaign that we've recently been observing in the republican party is that while the candidate's committee may not have had as much money on hand, cash on hand, as some of the others, a super -- a candidate -- a super pac in support of a candidate could come in and really help buoy a campaign. so, setting aside saul of tall , i think that's something interesting to analyze out of this last race and really understand how the shift has happened from candidate committees and some of whom, as was mentioned, you know, a self-funding candidate, whether -- if i can put $120 million of my own money into a race, if there's a super pac supporting my opponent who can put $120 million into the race, it might change the way that self-funders, bo