Recess at any time. The chair asks that ms. Debbie ms. Scanlan,ultz, else mr. Cooper, ms. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and representative mary gay scanlon, b waved onto the committee. Without objection, it is so ordered. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement, then i will record as the Ranking Member. I have agreed is the chairwoman on . Chairwoman wish to have an Opening Statement . I will recognize her, with your after. Ion, mr. Hice, lawrence, i will recognize. If somebody else on your side wants to have additional. The Postal Service is the crown jewel of our federal government. It serves every household and business every day. 630,000 brief individuals who live in every congressional district. According to pew research, 91 of americans have a favorable view of the Postal Service. Leaps and bounds above that of any other federal entity. During the coronavirus pandemic, Services Value to this nation is greater than ever, serving as a linchpin to our nations response to the pan
[inaudible conversations] welcome, everybody, todays hybrid hearing. Pursuant house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Since some members are appearing in person let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when youre speaking in what is known in webex as active speaker view. At time is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely i know you are all familiar with webex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webex set to
I want to take a moment of personal privilege. It is an article about hawaii and its history, some is good and some is not. The ninth district in virginia currently represent jennings was the only printing to vote so were kind of proud of that, its a little different than the rest of the state, sometimes good, sometimes bad but mostly good. Please take your seats. The subcommittee to order and i now recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. August 7 and eighth, a series of the out of maui and hawaii, including one that devastated the town of lahaina on the west coast of maui. When electric came in to dispute facts surrounding this event, one thing is important, its catastrophic to the state of hawaii and we must make every effort to be vigilant and prevent a similar disaster from striking again. Lahaina fire took at least 97 lives and burned thousands of acres cost billions and damage, destroyed landmarks. I am saddened to hear the stories of those who survived awaiti
The committee will come to order. Without objection, chairs authorized to declare a recess at any time. Secretary ross is with us, hell be joining us momentarily. Ill recognize myself for an Opening Statement and then my friend from maryland. The census is constitutionally required. It is what insures that just as every vote should be counted, every person should be counted. This is a conditioned precedent for accurate redistricting and accurate reapportionment. The census is not only important for purposes of constituting our government, its also important for apportioning the resources and services of our government. So the census is vitally important for a number of reasons. It is also eminently predictable. There are a few things that can be foreseen quite like the census. It happens every ten years whether youre ready or not. So its incredibly important beginning with the fundamental truth of counting every one of our fellow citizens, and we know well in advance when its coming. S
The key word is trying to come up with a solution is not sure we have arrived at that. After the october 2016 discovery that the dit could be vulnerable the irs is monitoring for any suspicious activity, we engaged with our friends. And asked them, and suspicious activity in january. And an incident in february, multilayer Defense Mechanisms, one of the mechanisms is notification to the address record for the individual. That led us to identify the we had an issue, we were able to find that in fact there is fraud that has taken place and immediately shut down the application. It is not discovered by accident. It was a notice generated from the taxpayer. The taxpayer came in and notified us. Taking responsibly for the irs, and the applications face. Please her young peoples lives at stake, to fit their unraveling that. The gentleman yields back. The chair would like to recognize the gentlelady from new jersey for five minutes. Good morning to all of you. In september the Inspector Gener