 Hello, my name is Margaret Holben Ellis and I'm Vice President of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Words, the AIC. We're the national professional organization of conservators. Conservators strive to preserve cultural heritage made up of books, paintings, DVDs, drawings, sculpture, flags, costumes, monuments, even entire buildings. The humanities are what make us human. The evidence includes famous and priceless paintings, but also anonymous and equally priceless historic artifacts. They are physical manifestations of our humanness. Comfort witnesses to what we think and what we do. Our mission is to make sure they're preserved. This way the next generation can experience its humanness through material culture. Thank you.