unpress sented obstructionism by senate republicans that is intended to cause irreparable harm to american consumers. with that, mr. chairman, i have a minority report that we produced. i ask you then that it be inserted into the record. >> is it -- it doesn't appear to be a report, but the document you have, we reviewed them and i have no objections for them placement in the record. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. >> thank you. we now go to our first witness. our first panel is senator mike lee of utah. senator lee has spent his entire life both studying and participating in our judicial system. as child he attended arguments before the united states supreme court given by his father, rex, who was solicitor general under president ronald reagan. senator lee later clerked for judge alito -- justice alito, both when he was a member of the third circuit court of appeals and later, a supreme court justice. after spending time in the private sector, he was asked to serve as the assist ant u.s. attorney in salt lake and then as general council to general jon huntsman. few people with this