morning and includes new details from the agency s now infamous 2010 anaheim conference. that conference willie, we were there. the anaheim conference. i think you might have been. i still have the t-shirt that we did. with zeppelin on the front and gilligan s island on the back. hey, let s get hell s angels this was only a few years ago. it was the end of an era. i don t really okay. the conference featured employees in film parodies of star trek and gilligan s island, which cost up to $50,000. the irs hired 15 outside speakers for a total cost of $135,000 on the tab, $27,000 for an innovation expert. $10,000 for a diversity and
conservative groups targeted by the irs are about to testify before the house ways and means committee just as a new inspector general s report gives us more details about outrage rajs spending at those irs conferences. we told you about the 2010 conferences that had film parodies. we also told you the irs hired 15 outside speakers at a cost of $135,000. well, wait until we tell you what they spoke about. it included $27,000 for an innovation expert, $11,000 for a happiness expert, $10,000 for a diversity and inclusion expert and $17,000 for an artist who painted abraham lincoln and michael jordan during a session on leadership through art. i want to bring in congressman adam shift, democrat from california, and a member of the house appropriations committee. good morning, congressman. morning. were you shocked when you saw some of the details of that
spending will be released later this morning and includes some new details from the agency s now infamous 2010 anaheim conference. that conference featured employees in film parodies of star trek. we haven t seen that one much o of:they costed 50dz,000 dlsh each. a total of $135,000 on that tab. thousands of dollars for speakers including $11,000 for a happiness expert and $17,000 for an artist who created paintings of michael jordan, abraham lincoln and bono. on capitol hill, the new acting commissioner of the irs testified before lawmakers yesterday stressing the need to fix the many problems. hall rogers said congress may impose conditions on irs funding.