Is there any other business before the committee today?
We do have a budget item we have to deal with.
We have incurred some cost for witnesses. What I get, as the chair of the committee, is a statement with a blanket number to cover these costs. I've asked the clerk to provide one sheet on the cost to each witness or group of witnesses that is appearing before the committee. That will happen in the future, so we'll know in a little more detail, without becoming too bureaucratic about it, what our money is being spent on.
We have a request here for witness costs of $5,300--witness expenses of $4,800 and miscellaneous $500. Of course, if this isn't all used it will be returned, as is the norm. That's for each meeting.
You have before you the details. The total amount would be $19,700. That would break down to witness expenses $19,200 and miscellaneous $500. That's the amount we'll be voting on.