Who can keep taxpayer Information Safe. If you are a top notch tech expert, you already are taking a pay cut to work in Public Service compared to what youd earn at firms in oregon or california. Now, without what is called streamlined Critical Pay Authority, it can take four to six months to bring a new hire on board at the irs. So i want to be clear as we go to questions, taxpayer information is under assault every single day. But the irs does not have the Legal Authority it needs from the congress to build a Cybersecurity Team that can beat back the crooks. Already theres been an exodus of high ranking irs tech staff. The director of cybersecurity operations left a month ago. The terms for the remaining employees working under this Authority Continue to expire, including for one of our witnesses chief technology officer. Come 2017, there are not going to be any left. So today, instead of rehashing the past and just beating up on one agency or one firm, to me, the priority ought to b
We are live on capitol hill this morning where irs commissioner John Koskinen is set to testify on cybersecurity. Hell be appearing before the Senate Finance committee. Live coverage here on cspan 3. We expect it to start in just a few minutes. Again, waiting for the start of testimony from irs commissioner John Koskinen this morning. Hell be talking about cybersecurity and how the irs protects the information of taxpayers. This is taking place before the Senate Finance committee. Just a couple moments away. While we wait for this to get started, elsewhere on capitol hill today, visits continue for Supreme Court Justice Nominee Merrick Garland. Hes meeting with 14 senators today, seven democrats, six republicans and one independent. So far, he has had meetings with 21 senators, 18 democrats, 3 republicans. Oneonone meetings with senators to take place in their offices today. Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley was up first and they started at about the 7 45 today. There was
Vineland, new jersey. Dann cuellar is in claymont delaware two spots that saw most snow today. Lets get started with meteorologist adam joseph live at the big board tonight, hi adam. As we look at double scan live radar the snow has been out of here for a couple of hours. We are not seeing any precipitation around the region. But the roadways, all of the sidewalks and even, some of the nonpaved surfaces, they are either snow covered or they are wet. We will look the a at snow totals in reading half inch. In total. Houghs church 1. 3. Exton half inch of snow, royersford, chad forward around a half inch of snowfall but as we head to the south, this was the highest jackpot for this particular storm near 3 inches in Estelle Manor 3 inches in bridgeton and . Smyrna and dover, two and a half inches of snow full earlier this evening and during the afternoon hours. But the problem now, lies with those temperatures. Twentyseven in allentown. Thirty in philadelphia. Thirty in millville. 30 degre
Close what is a gap and prevent a known or suspected terrorists from buying a gun or explosive in this country. In 2009 attorney general holder expressed the Obama Administration support for the legislation. I introduced similar legislation last year. The question comes for the Law Enforcement element of the administration to come forward and be supportive of this because the National Rifle association, even opposes this. This is terrorists. We have people coming into this country meaning to do us harm, and they can go in and buy a weapon to carry it out. That is simply unacceptable. So i want to bring it to your attention you know. We have to come together and prevent this from happening. Your biggest concern is the lone wolf. The lone wolf can come in unarmed, he can buy explosives the gun. This must be stopped. Director comey thank you senator . Senator feinstein no comment director comey i have nothing intelligent to say about that. Im focused on the upper is a shuttle on the opera
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