Kelly Ayotte actually said...

I appreciate your commitment and your taking over this important position that has obviously been vacant for too long.

this has to be the player's responsibility, the responsibility of the officials in the league, and the owners

I do think that it's pretty convenient that none of them were able to appear today, and it says something about their level of commitment.

You do need to establish an investigative process for these cases that do not result in criminal conviction.