e-mails sent out on issues we deal with, plus copies from our facebook. so e-mails sent out to our group members i provide ad quite a few of those. copies of free and paid ads placed in papers. pictures isn ted to local papers, press releases and materials for distribution. we complied with these demands on march 5th, 2013 and it is now june 4th, 2013. so nearly three years and to date we have still heard nothing. i would like to note that our group is a small-time operation with very little money and this represents a complete waste of time by the irs in terms of any money they would collect if we were not tax-exempt. furthermore, nearly three years of waiting for an answer is totally unacceptable. the irs needs to be fully investigated and held accountable for its incompetence, harrassment and targeting of conservative groups. thank you. thank you, miss belsom. our next witness, dr. jon eastman, chairman of the
0 san fernando california. the founder of lynchpins for liberty which lost a $30,000 grant because of delay in getting its tax-exempt status. they will hear from the coalition of life of iowa, a pro-life group out of iowa. here is what a conservative group said about the idea of conservatives being targeted. we re seeing these targeting of these different groups whether religious or irs or different tea party groups and that is one thing i don t think anybody is really surprised about that this really did go all the way up to the white house. now we have to get people to remember or not claim the fifth and actually take claim for the problems they have created. reporter: to be clear she is not testifying today on capitol hill. she gives you a little flavor what some of these conservative groups say they got extra scrutiny are feeling heading into this hearing today. she clearly thinks it goes much bigger than the irs. the investigation continues on that front. bill: the hits keep o