But every president since then has come to the gridiron as an honored guest and has spoken. The president unlike a lot of organizations, we give the president the last word of the evening. So in a matter what is said before, how much lampooning going on, the president gets the last word which is a very important attraction. And it is viewed as important enough that theyve all come. Some of them havent come every year. President obama hasnt. Richard nixon didnt come every year. And so i say at the end especially at the end. Or carter. And Ronald Reagan was here every year and his wife performed famously singing secondhand clothes to the tune of secondhand rose and turned her image around. Everybody had her as a big stuffy and standoffish and everybody agrees that america appreciated her more afterwards. And that was one case where motos did photos did leak out somehow, we think through the white house. And president of the Gridiron Club this year, thank you for your insights. And thank
Through formal invitation, prodding and cajoling, find people who know the president well and get to them and to put in a good word for you, et cetera. President s, since Grover Cleveland, who was in office when the club was founded, nobody could convince him to come. He didnt get along that well with the media. But does any president . But every president since then has come to the gridiron as an honored guest and has spoken. The president unlike a lot of organizations, we give the president the last word of the evening. So in a matter what is said before, how much lampooning going on, the president gets the last word which is a very important attraction. And it is viewed as important enough that theyve all come. Some of them havent come every year. President obama hasnt. Richard nixon didnt come every year. And so i say at the end especially at the end. Or carter. And Ronald Reagan was here every year and his wife performed famously singing secondhand clothes to the tune of secondhan
Its warm. Sticky outside. Thats giving us some fog in gaithersburg a threequarters. Half mile in leesburg. Upper 70s today but much cooler tomorrow with more rain on the way. Ill tell you about that in a few. Larry . Were keeping a close eye on a situation on the inner loop of the beltway. Two accidents right now, one on the inner loom. One on the out loop. One on the outer loop. Its closing several lanes between connecticut avenue and 355. From a look at our trafficland cam, you can see the delays on the inner loop of the beltway right there. We understand an earlier tractortrailer accident which spilled fuel spilled that fuel on to not only the inner loop but also the outer loop of the beltway where we also have delays in this area. For commuters in north bethesda, best bet is to stay off the beltway because this is certainly going to become a major issue within the next 20 to 30 minutes. Well have another traffic update for you in roughly ten minutes. Well send it over to you. Were
Are you glad you guys are on the ball i am glad you guys are on the ball. Somebody over here . [indiscernible conversations] announcer we are live in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel in washington, d. C. A moment ago, you saw Clarence Page and the 2015 the 2015 gridiron president. We will not be able to go inside the dinner tonight. It is closed to cameras. But we will be bringing a guest arrivals over the next hour or so. President obama will be speaking tonight and two governors, scott walker in Terry Mcauliffe, will be speaking. President obama has attended the dinner three times during his tenure. Last time attending was in 2013. Last years guests included secretary of state john kerry. He was speaking on behalf of the Obama Administration at the Gridiron Club. Also last year, texas senator ted cruz and former Florida Governor Charlie Crist were in attendance at the dinner. Again, it is closed to cameras. Also, there is no tweeting or any other form of social media allowed during
As noted by the witnesses in Opening Statements and the committee members, one of the challenges that the criminals are out there watching the Internal Revenue service. They realize that they . 1 trillion goes to the irs on an annual basis and 300 74 billion in refunds. It is a very ripe target for them. As iris continues to try and advance its filters in advance to new approaches to the fraud the criminals change because it is a lucrative environment. Our audit staff continues to look at the filters the irs has in place and comment and recommend additional or improved filters. We have seen improvement in some of them, but if he can that it continues to be a major and challenge to keep up with communal enterprise. Thank you very much. This has been a superb panel and thank you for the wonderful work that you are doing in our state particularly for older people. I think you know those are my roots with a great panthers. I am really glad you are out there and it is incredibly important.