Order, please.
Welcome to the 54th meeting of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. Today is October 30, 2012.
Today we have appearing as a witness, Neri Colmenares, who is a member of the House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines. He is accompanied by Connie Sorio, who is here to provide him with assistance. However it is Representative Colmenares who is actually our witness today. He will be the one making a presentation and he'll be the one to whom you ought to direct your questions.
I will just remind you all that today's session is televised and will be appearing on CPAC, and as I always encourage you to remember, your mother might watch this, so behave in a manner she would be proud of.
That being said, Representative Colmenares, I invite you to begin.