house and cochairs appellate practice and served it just is firm at the white house in the george h. debbie bush administrations. mark firm at the white house in the george h. debbie bush administrations. mark carter is partner where he advises clients on labor and employment lot. mr. carter of experience litigating before the national labor relations board pursuant to committee rules, all would they fix that members of congress will be sworn in before they testify, so i ask you to please rise and lift your right he is. do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony about the truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth? to record reflect all witnesses answered in the affirmative. we are pleased to recognize you for your opening statements. i'm sure all of you perhaps the dumbest before. the lights mean what they traditionally do in life and with that we recognize ambassador gerhardt. >> mr. ambassador, thank you for the chance to testify. we just heard an extraordinary tutorial on senator the covering almost every aspect of this issue of constitutional practical, so i'm going to try to keep what