The professional qualifications of a nominee to serve on the court. And, we do that through a thorough, fair, and independent peer review, the only one that they will get that entails reaching out to hundreds of lawyers and judges, bar andciation leaders, deans, others across the country that has firsthand knowledge of the nominees professional endeavors that touch upon their integrity and professional competence and judicial demeanor. The information given to us by these individuals are done under strict confidence to ensure that the comments that we receive are candid, open, and honest. Ofm joined by Pamela RobertsSouth Carolina who is the lead evaluator for this nominee, and we were assisted by our Standing Committee members, a team of stellar lawyers from across the country who are handpicked and whose practices are in the litigation arena. To who are deeply committed the work of a strong judiciary. Joins know, david brown us today, and i can tell you that all of these people were diligently worked diligently to do what we always aspired to do. That is to provide a fair and independent rating within the timeframe established by the Senate Judiciary committee. To be a nominee to the Supreme Court one must possess exceptional professional qualifications, and as such, our investigation of a nominee to the Supreme Court is much more extensive than that for other federal courts. In addition to the usual approach of having a lead evaluator conduct and report on the nominee, every member of the committee from his or her own circuit conducts a separate evaluation, which is given to us. Second, while the Committee Members review the writings and opinions of the nominee, we engage academic Reading Groups. Distinguishedo professors from the law schools of mississippi and belmont universities and a third professional Reading Group that had Supreme Court practitioners and courts among the others. Clerks among the others. They read the opinions and writings of the nominee and independently evaluated factors analytical judges abilities, clarity of writing, knowledge of the law, application of the law to the ts, harm is a rising harmonizing a body of law, reasoning, scholarship, and the ability to communicate effectively. Our community had the benefit of evaluating judge barrett and 2017 when then professor barrett was nominated to the seventh Circuit Court of appeals where she now serves as judge. Interviewed judge barrett for over 3. 5 hours, robertsoberts mrs. And i and we received Additional Information in the interim. We concluded that her integrity, professional competence met the very high standards for appointment to suit to our Supreme Court. Our rating of wellqualified reflects the consensus of her peers that know her best. Thank you chairman graham and Ranking Member feinstein for your staff