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Okay. Good morning. Welcome. I call to order the subcommittee on oversight. I want to thank everybody for joining us today. Were holding this hybrid hearing in compliance with House Resolution 965. Accordingly, i am joined but members here in the hearing room as well as approximately ten members on the remote platform. Thats outstanding, and i want to thank them for joining us. Before we turn to todays important topic, i want to remind the members of a few procedures to endus navigate ther the help us navigate the terrain here. First, consistent with regulations, the committee will keep microphones muted. For those participating virtually to limit background noise. [inaudible conversations] well pause for one moment. [background sounds] members are responsible for unmuting themselves, unmuting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for their five minutes. Members here in the hearing room also are reminded to ke ....
He was going to be tough and it was a terrible downfall. For more of this schedule go to booktv. Org. A Senate Committee now looks at waste and fraud in areas of the federal government including improper refundable tax credits by the irs. I gao official and the treasury inspector recommended savings during the hearing. Good 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 what will be some pretty interesting questions. I frequently say from this podium that the inspectoray generals, you are go to agencies in government. Doing so much to root out and identify and eliminate waste, fraud, abuse, duplicative programs which is what this hearing is about, is the reports by the gao that really started with the Pretty Simple amendment offering 2010 by senator coburn i ....