Hi, my name is Marco Hansen. I'm a Spanish interpreter working in the Texas Court system. I've been involved with hundreds of cases over the years, and over and over I see a verdict hinging on the jury's understanding of a single word or phrase in the foreign language testimony. And it's vital that the interpreter be trained and experienced enough to get that testimony correct. Right now there's a bill pending before the Texas House and Senate, which would lower the passing rate on our oral exam to 60%. And this is disturbing because if somebody is going to be sent off to the penitentiary or executed, based on testimony that came through an interpreter who couldn't even get two-thirds of the content correct, I feel that is far too low of a standard, and I hope that you'll join me in opposing this bill.