Morning. This hearing will come to order. I want to welcome our witnesses, appreciate your time, your testimony, and look forward to your oral testimony and answering i think what will be some interesting questions. I frequently say from this podium that the General Accounting Office and Inspector Generals are, youre our go to agencies in government doing so much to root out and identify and eliminate waste, fraud prosecutor abruce bus, duplicate prod grams which is what this hearing is about is the reports by the gao that really started with the Pretty Simple amendment offered in 2010 by senator cole burn in the debyte bait over increase in debt sooelg ceiling. Something we all hate do, but it were going to do it its kind of nice to get some measure of control and a Pretty Simple concept asking the gao to start issuing reports, do inspections on different duplicated programs has resulted in 75 billion worth of savings over seven years, which is pretty remarkable based on the amount of
Daily many 1979 cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies. And is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. At a Senate Hearing on government waste federal officials testified about ways to save money by preventing fraud and removing a necessary regulation. Senator john johnson shares Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee. This is an hour and 0 minutes. 40 minutes. All right. [silence] morning this hearing will come to order. I want to welcome my witnesses, appreciate your time, your testimony, and look forward to your oral testimony and answering pretty interesting questions. I frequently say from this podium that general and Inspector Generals are, you know, our goal two agencies in government. Doing so much to route out and identify and eliminate ways fraud abuse and prals which this hearing is about is reports by gao that started with a simple amendment offering and by senator colburn in increase in debt ceiling someth
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The arrival of the tea escalated an already existing debate over the new tea tax. And the sons of liberty led an effort to protest the kings new measure. After the debate, colonists marched to griffins wharf and dumped the tea in the boston harbor. Last year on the anniversary of this debate, reenactors and observers recreated the scene. This 45 minute event was hosted by Old South Meeting House and the Boston Tea Party museum. And now, ladies and gentlemen, the 242nd anniversary celebration of the Boston Tea Party. Good evening. My name is george shoes. Perhaps you have heard of me. I have been a shoemaker most of my life, a tradesman of the humble class, but now as an old man, i parade around in my colonial clothing as the last remaining participant in the Boston Tea Party. How strange it is to think what i have seen here in boston, how i witnessed a nation born of protest. I was no student of history or politics myself. My entire education consisted of only a modest understanding of
Good evening. Perhaps youve heard of me. Ive been a shoemaker most of my , but as an old man i am a paraded around in my colonial clothing is the last surviving participant in the boston tea party. How strange it is to think of what i have seen here in boston it, how i witnessed a nation torn of protest. I was no student of history or politics myself. Of ancation consisted understanding of reading and writing. I belonged to no associations but participated in no government. Our war for before independence, i became a staunch liberty boy. Continually reflecting upon the unwarrantable suffering inflicted on boston by the tyranny of great written, and my mind is excited by a desire to aid in chastising the king. Here here. Hall after this very the bloody massacre on king street in march of 1770 and again for the meetings of the body of the people in 1773 when we decided the fate. I came into this building a shoemaker. I left a true citizen. Tonight, i ask you to indulge my memory and join