Homeland security departments Inspector General and the head of the Census Bureau. This is just under two hours. This hearing will come to order. Good afternoon. I welcome all witnesses. I appreciate your thoughtful testimony and willingness to spend some time with us today. I asked consent that my written Opening Statement be entered in the record. Without objection. This hearing really is what this committee is all about particularly on the Government Affairs portion. We have a Mission Statement that we developed last congress with my former Ranking Member, senator carper and my new ra Ranking Member had a very good addition to it. The original one was to enhance the economic and National Security of america. Senator mccaskill suggested we add and promote efficient and more efficient, effective and accountable government. Thats exactly what the gao does and Inspector Generals do. We certainly appreciate your work. I dont know how many times i have said and others have said, youre our
Without objection. This hearing really is what this committee is all about particularly on the Government Affairs portion. We have a Mission Statement that we developed last congress with my former Ranking Member, senator carper and my new ra Ranking Member had a very good addition to it. The original one was to enhance the economic and National Security of america. Senator mccaskill suggested we add and promote efficient and more efficient, effective and accountable government. Thats exactly what the gao does and Inspector Generals do. We certainly appreciate your work. I dont know how many times i have said and others have said, youre our favorite folks in government. You give us the information to make government more efficient and effective and accountable. Todays hearing is really on the gaos high risk series, their list, something prepared by gao since the early 90s. The facts speak for themselves. In the last ten years, they report about 2 240 million over that 10 year period by
Particularly on the Government Affairs portion. We have a Mission Statement that we developed last congress with my former Ranking Member senator carper and then my new Ranking Member had a very good addition to it. The original one was to enhance the economic and National Security of america and the senator suggested we add for efficient and effective Accountable Government and thats what the gao and Inspector Generals do. We certainly appreciate your work. I dont know how many times ive said it, youre our favorite folks in government. You give us the information that really can make government more efficient and effective and accountable. Todays hearing is really on the gaos high risk series. Their list. This is something thats been prepared by gao since the early 90s. The facts speak for themselves. Just the last ten years, a gao report that 240 million over a tenyear period by enacting their recommendations to make government more efficient and effective. Thats 24 billion per year.
Became human beings that god indeed was voting, that we are all equal. I suggest to you as dr. Forbes has said that our voice is indeed our vote and that we vote every time we speak out, we vote everywhere we go, on every issue. Now dr. Forbes also talked about 9 11, which everyone agrees was an act of terrorism. But i am a child of the 60s from birmingham, alabama. And there was another affect terrorism that hammed in september, four little girls were bombed in a church across 16th street. I remember the anxiety and angst that come around that day, every year, one of those little girls sister went to school with me. It is also an act of terrorism that this country should do great penance for. Because, that act of m terrorism, unlike the one on 9 11, is attach ed to the infl t inflected moral aptitude of this country. There is a lie being spread around and most of us are drinking the kool aid. The lie says that all people are not created equal the lie says somebody has to win and someb
Im elizabeth hopkins. Fox 25s ted daniel has been digging into ashleys past. Ted daniel you spoke with her sister. The sister lives in north new jersey not far from philly. Thats where ashley border brew up where most of her family still livers. Three in shock right now. Tonight we have learned that she has ties to rhode island and massachusetts. In fact, she was living in boston when someone grabbed her, killed her and then set her body on fire. Our first look at ashley box ottener. Last week her body was taken out of an s. U. V. Then set on fire near a rail crossing in bridgewaterment tonight we discovered ashley also bent by ashley which is last name on her facebook and other social media accounts. We ran both last names through multiple databases. According to public records, her last known address was tacoma street in hyde park. Before that she lived in providence. By phone her sister dawn hoyt tells me ashley moved to southern new england three years ago from north jersey where m