We now begin the 29th meeting of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. Today is November 2, 2010.
In a moment we will begin a video conference with William Browder, who is the founder and chief executive officer of Hermitage Capital Management, a firm doing business in, among other places, Russia. He will be talking about the situation of Sergei Magnitsky.
Before we begin that, I want to draw to your attention the fact that the clerk either has circulated or will shortly circulate a series of motions that I would like us to deal with at the end of this meeting, after we've heard from Mr. Browder. Those motions deal with the committee's budget. You'll all have a chance to look at them during the committee meeting.
I'm not inviting discussion; at the end of the meeting, if there is a desire for discussion, we'll have to hold off on approval until next time. If there's no desire for discussion, we can simply approve them quickly.
I see Mr. Bagnell's hand. Go ahead, Mr. Bagnell.