Good morning, welcome to todays hearing. Its no exaggeration to say that americans love sports. We love watching them, playing them, collecting sports memorabilia, and even arguing about our favorite teams and athletes, whether its watching the super bowl with friends, joining an office bracket pool for march madness or stretching out for the turkey trot 5 k races on thanksgiving morning, we love our sports. Personally, im a dodger and a packer fan and some of my best moments have been spent competing in sports or cheering on my two daughters at their meets and games. This committee is committed to promoting american success in international competition, ensuring exciting play in our professional leagues, providing opportunity for our student athletes and maintaining a vibrant sports culture for the benefit of all americans. At the same time, protecting the health and safety of american athletes of all levels, professional, amateur, student and youth, is a longstanding priority of the