This subcommittee hearing last about an hour and 20 minutes. Good morning. The subcommittee on National Parks force and public life will now come to order. The subcommittees meeting today to testimony on h. R. 2420 the nationales museum of the americn latino act. And a Committee Rule, any oral Opening Statements at hearings are limited to the chair and the ranking minority member. Therefore ask unanimous consent that all of the members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if their civic to the clerk by 5 p. M. Today. During no objection, so ordered. In addition due to the broad interest in todays hearing i would like to askn unanimous consent that allo interested members be allowed to join us and participate on the dais. Before we get started i would like to take a point of personal privilege and have a moment of silence for our friend, our colleague, defender of justice and equality and humanity, mr. Elijahel cummings. Thank you all so much. Thank you for attending th
There are a lot of new people coming on and a lot of people that were there, thinking about past, have stuck around, because they know it is a new day. We have some amazing speakers to discuss the current state of the irs, priorities, the hiring and staffing plans, and what is on their desk. What we can expect in the year or two years to come. Let me get right to introductions. To my right is mary beth murphy, commissioner of Small Business, selfemployed division at the irs, based in washington, d. C. To my left is don fort, chief criminal Investigation Division isthe irs and to my left nina olson, National Taxpayer advocate. Their bios are online. Im going to leave you to review them, but they are amazing individuals. They have done tremendous work on behalf of the taxpayers in this country and it will be a great evening. So let me start by having each of them talk a little bit about the state of the irs in their divisions. Then we will go into some q a and certainly open it up to the
Advocacy, irs modernization, tax enforcement, international partnerships, and the future of the irs. This portion is about one hour and 20 minutes. Thank you for coming out tonight. It is an exciting time at the Internal Revenue service. It is an exciting time at the Internal Revenue service. As i mentioned, our commissioner is coming up on his oneyear anniversary. We have a lot of people at 1111 constitution avenue. There are a lot of new people coming on and a lot of people that were there that have been there and were thinking about leaving in the past, are thinking about staying. We have some amazing speakers to discuss hiring, staffing, and current priorities. And what we can expect in the year or two years to come. Let me get right to introductions. Mary beth murphy, commissioner of Small Business, selfemployment division. The criminals Investigation Division at the irs and nina olson, National Taxpayer advocate. Bios are online. I will leave you to review them but they are amazi
And coming up. We hear from the chicken connoisseur on the home Office Decision to put anti knife slogans on takeaway boxes. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A 20 year old man denies any involvement in the murder of pc Andrew Harper, who was killed while responding to reports of a burglary in berkshire last thursday. Jed foster has appeared at Reading Magistrates Court this morning, charged with the murder of pc harper, who was dragged along the road by a vehicle. Nine other men have been released on bail. Our correspondent, andy moore is at Reading Magistrates Court. Tell us what has happened in court this morning. Good morning. This was a brief appearance lasting just a few minutes. Mr foster was brought in wearing grey prison issue cloths, flanked by two security officers. He was asked by the court clerk to give his name, his date of birth, and his address. His address he gave as keepers cottage in their field. Address. His address he gave as keepers cottage in theirfield
Warmer feeling day for the showers in the cunning others, but a warmerfeeling day for the majority with a lighter breeze and in the sunshine. Here is the satellite, there is the low that will bring all there is the low that will bring all the wet and windy weather through the wet and windy weather through the weekend. This is the remnants of a front bringing more cloud into scotla nd a front bringing more cloud into scotland and north east england, some showers here this afternoon and the odds one could into east anglia and perhaps lincolnshire. Further west, and other weather fronts, and perhaps lincolnshire. Further west, and other weatherfronts, not a great fuss about this fronts because it will feed on some thickening cloud, it will be a way to enter the day for Northern Ireland but as the front pushes further north east woods, through the evening and overnight into wednesday it will be can quite considerably. This is a warm front, it is introducing milder air. Unlike the chilly st