Remote hearings certainly arent the same as sitting together in our Committee Room but this new authority has allowed us to continue to do our work on behalf of the American Peoples while keeping our staff, family and broader communities safe. This is the second official virtual subcommittee hearing in the ways and means committee. As with our previous hearing i want members to know i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegiality and substantive debates. Even as we conduct our business from afar i will continue to work with our Ranking Member and his staff so to ensure that the rights of all members are respected in this new virtual format. Before we turn to todays important topic i want to remind members of a few procedures to help you navigate this new platform. First, consistent with regulations the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for on meeting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for the
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Panel. [ applause ]. Okay, so before we get to our key notes speaker, our second key notes speaker, were going to have our first key notes speaker, right . I wanted to count. So our format is that each keynote speaker will be introduced and then they give a talk. Then they sit down, we quiz them a little bit. And i think my quizzing may be a little more aggressive, but maybe not. And then we go to audience and youll have a chance to ask questions. So we have robert doar. I told people parming in the event we invited approximately 100 republicans, and probably none of them will come and members of congress and house and senate. So we decided to go with a brilliant genius whos not a member of congress. So ill hope you forgive for that. So robert is here. What is the title . Hes a in poverty at the american institute. Ive known him for 25 years at least when he was the head of the Child Support Enforcement Program in new york, which was an Amazing Program and did a lot for kids. Ill tell