it's over because of gsa inspector general brian miller. who was a bipartisan appointee of president george w. bush and president barack obama. and the party's over because of gsa deputy administrator susan brita, an obama appointee who blew the whistle and took this matter to the inspector general. and the party is over because the new acting administrative gsa, mr. daniel tangherlini is a no nonsense leader from the u.s. department of the treasury who aims to clean up this mess. this is not the first episode of misconduct at the gsa. the carter administration uncovered one in 197 and 1979 when a nationwide investigation noose long-standing corruption resulted in prosecutions for bribery, for fraud, and protections for whistleblowers in the agency. then there was more misconduct during the bush administration. the first occurred when the chief of staff to the gsa administrator traveled with jack abramoff to scotland even though mr. abramoff had business before the gsa. in 2011, this chief of staff went to prison. in 2006, the bush appointe

i also requested that both ig brian miller testify along with the acting administrator. so the i want to thank you madame chairman for doing that. in a way, this is not going to be if there is any media here looking for what they saw yesterday. it ain't going to happen here. we got the two the good guys here. >> right. >> we're not going to be accusing anybody. we're just wanting to find out where we can go from here. i think it was articulated well by the chairman. of course, mr. tangherlini, you're kind of in a position where you're going to have to do some pretty uncomfortable things, but i know a little bit about you and i think they've got the right guy doing them. the report describes a number of disturbing findings from the investigation, some of the highlights were the gsa spending on the conference planning was excessive, wasteful, and in some cases impermissible. travel expenses for the conference totalling over $100,000 just not believable. catering costs $30,000. the gsa failed to follow contracting regulations of the procurement associated with the wrc. and

. >> reporter: inspector general brian miller, whose report triggered this scandal, suggests abuses at gsa are pervasive. >> we turned over every stone, and every time we turned over a stone, we found 50 more, with

and we also heard from the inspector general himself, who also testified today, brian miller. he referred the las vegas matter to the justice department for possible criminal charges. again, just waiting for dan tangherlini to come into the room. the acting gsa administrator. >>> mr. tangerly, before we start -- were you able to hear the entire early presentation? [ inaudible ] thank you. >>> the committee will now come to order. our second panel is the acting director -- acting administrator of the general service administration, mr. daniel m. tangherlini. mr. tangherlini was kind enough to call me almost immediately after his appointment, and we look forward to your opening statement and in light of the first panel, and your listening to that, your comments on changes you anticipate. with that, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> good afternoon, chairman issa. >> i apologize. got to stick with the script. pursuant to the rules, all members will be sworn. would you please rise? do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give will be the truth,

organizer brian miller says even with the rain there was a huge turnout of search volunteers. >> today was a rainy day but still very happy with the day. we had almost 500 new first-time searchers today, and we had almost 600 total searchers today. so, for us that's a great sign than we were able to get all these new people out on a rainy day. >> reporter: today the searchers, wet and we're where, -- weary returned here to the school. search efforts hey before -- have been expanding. items belonging to sierra have been found, including a cell phone, purse, and some clothing, but nothing else. now, back here live. nothing new was discovered again today. searchers will be out again tomorrow, rain or shine, according to brian miller, and beginning tomorrow the search will be expanded to 15 miles around the area where she defense appeared. >> ama: alameda county supervise ya nadia lock 'er is making her private matters public. these pictures show bruises to her forehead and nick. the 40-year-old claims she got them from her 35-year-old ex-love whom she met while in drug rehab. she is the w

. >> brian miller. >> hello, i'm brian miller. this is my niece, dale miller. she lost her father. i lost my brother in a massacre that occurred just on the other side of the hill here at the district building in november 1994 when a man came into washington, d.c., police headquavters, which is a place i would say if you were intent on mayhem, you would avoid. but he walked innd went up to the second floor and opened a door and started fiving. and when the firing was done, mike was dead. fbi special agent(mikm miller and two of his colleagues were dead as well. and since that day, our family has been involved as much as we can in trying to make sure the same thing doesn't happen to other people. mike was killed with a gun that was illegally sold in kentucky and then illegally trafficked to washington, d.c. this sort of thing happens every day in every state, in every city. and$it's something that makes no sense. yet this congress protects the gun industry from top to bottom that allows that to happen. now, dale lives in maryland currently, and i live in new jersey. both states have

this panel includes testimony from the agency's inspector general brian miller. this is two hours. >> you're the new guy? >> yes, sir. >> i see no reason that you will not tell us the truth, therefore we will forego the swearing-in. i ask unanimous consent that our witness's full statement will be included in the record without objection, so ordered. since your written testimony has been made part of the record, limit your oral testimony to five minutes. mr. miller, since we've already received your statement, unless you have anything further you'd like to add at this time, we will ask mr. tinkerlini to begin. >> good morning. members of the subcommittee, i'm the acting administrator of the u.s. general services administration. i appreciate the opportunity to come before the committee today. first and foremost i want to state that the waste and abuse outlined in the inspector general's report is an outrage, completely anti-thet call to the goals of the administration. the report details violations of travel rules, acquisition rules, and good conduct. just as impo

it's over because of gsa inspector general brian miller. a bipartisan appointee of president george w. bush and president barack obama. and the party's over because of gsa deputy administrator susan brita, an obama appointee who blew the whistle and took this matter to the inspector general. and the party is over because the new acting administrative gsa, mr. daniel tangherlini is a no nonsense leader from the u.s. department of the treasury who aims to clean up this mess. this is not the first episode of misconduct at the gsa. the carter administration uncovered one in 197 and 1979 when a nationwide investigation noose long-standing corruption resulted in prosecutions for bribery, for fraud, and protections for whistleblowers in the agency. then there was more misconduct during the bush administration. the first occurred when the chief of staff to the gsa administrator traveled with jack abramoff to scotland even though mr. abramoff had business before the gsa. in 2011, this chief of staff went to prison. in 2006, the bush appointed gsa ad

. >> reporter: inspector general brian miller, whose report triggered this scandal, suggests abuses at gsa are pervasive. >> we turned over every stone, and every time we turned over a stone, we found 50 more, with all sorts of things crawling out from under -- >> that you never -- >> reporter: today, calls for gsa to clean house. >> i can't understand why taxpayers are still paying the salary of jeffrey neeley, who apparently approved this $800,000 bender, while my constituents are struggling to make ends meet. >> reporter: gsa's new boss says he's already cancelled 35 conferences, and urged workers to report misuse of taxpayer dollars. but investigators want to know why, after top gsa officials were alerted to the las vegas boondoggle, they allowed neeley to keep traveling at taxpayer's expense. lisa myers, nbc news, washington. >>> now to the prostitution scandal involving agents and officers of the united states secret service and members of the u.s. military. tonight there are growing calls for answers in washington, as the white house is defending the secret service director. we'

inspector general brian miller says his hotline has triggered new investigations that go way beyond the $820,000 vegas trip and says he does not know what investigators will find. miller told lawmakers some may face criminal prosecution. >>> the mother who works as a nurse is accused of killing another mother and stealing her newborn child. texas police say verna mcclain admit to shooting kayla golden as golden left a doctor's office tuesday with her three- day-old son. mcclain who has two other children, allegedly told her fiance she had given birth to her child when in reality she had had a miscarriage and was desperate to have a baby. >>> brittany kilgore's husband is deployed to afghanistan and he is not a suspect in her death. police arrested a woman of suspicious of murder but aren't saying how she and the victim are connected. >>> now developments in the shooting death of trayvon martin. the florida judge providing over the case has recused herself because of a potential conflict of interest. the judge's husband works with an orlando attorney who was first approached by george zi

the inspector general himself will be testifying, brian miller. recently referred to the las vegas matter to the justice department for a possible criminal charges.

the inspector general himself also testifying, brian miller, he recently referred to the las vegas matter to the justice department for possible criminal charges. you're watching live coverage here on c-span3. >> could we have the clerk remove mr. neely's name. i want to thank you all of you for your patience. i served for 12 years, mr. cummings for longer, this is the first time we've had somebody do this before one of my committees. so, we wanted to make sure we did it exactly according to the rules. with that i'll recognize myself for five minutes. miss johnson, i appreciate your opening statement and the work that you said you did. but i'm very troubled by the bonus that mr. neely received. how can you justify a bonus for somebody that you knew at the time of his bonus from mr. miller, in fact, was at the center of this misconduct? >> congressman, there are two processes. one is the conduct process and one is the performance process. the conduct process by which i could discipline someone was wrapped up in an investigation which i requested from the i.g. it took much longer -- >> i ap

immediately engage the gsa's inspector general, as indicated in the joint letter that inspector general brian miller and i sent to staff we expect an employee who sees waste, fraud or abuse to report it. we want to build a partnership with the ig, while respecting their independence, that will ensure that nothing like this ever happens again. there will be no tolerance for employee who is violate or in any way disregard these rules, i believe this is critical not only because we owe it to the american taxpayers, but also because we owe it to the many gsa employees, who work hard, follow the rules, and deserve to be proud of the agency for which they work. we've also taken steps to improve internal controls and oversight to assure this never happens again. already have i canceled all future western region's conferences, i've canceled 35 previously planned conferences saving nearly $1 million. i suspended the hats off stores, and have demanded reimbursement from mr. peck, mr. shepherd and mr. neely for private in-room parties. i've canceled most travel through the end of the fiscal year and i'm centra

all: i do ] >> i must say that the attention you will get today is much less than your colleague brian miller will get this week but that's probably a good thing. i'm not sure that we'll have any injuries of tv cameramen trying to follow you down the hallway, and if you're going to talk about las vegas, warn me ahead of time because -- i joke about this, but i must say, every once in a while something happens in the world of inspectors general that highlights your work. and for most of the time, your work is done in the shadows. no

inspector general brian miller told senators today.r said he is getting new reports of wrongdoing from workers following the uproar over the gsa spending scandal in las vegas. >>> and dick clark, he showed boomer teens how to dance on his after school program american bandstand, and helped ring in at love new years in times square. he passed away this morning. he was 82. larry, back to you. >> kayla, i watched a lot of american bandstand. i really did. in fact right around the corner from this studio. we will miss him. kayla tausche, thank you very much. >>> next up on "kudlow," the president walk away from governing to run a campaign? economic bombs set to go off everywhere. question, is rome burning? and is president obama fiddling while rome burns? i'm larry kudlow. we'll explore it next up. [ horn honks ] hey, it's sandra -- from accounting. peter. i can see that you're busy... but you were gonna help us crunch the numbers for accounts receivable today. i mean i know that this is important. well, both are important. let's be clear.

i must say that the attention you will get today is much less than your colleague, brian miller, will get this week, but that's probably a good thing. i'm not sure that we'll have any injuries of tv cameramen trying to follow you down the hallway, and if you're going to talk about las vegas, warn me ahead of time because -- i joke about this, but i must say, every once in a while something happens in the world of inspectors general that highlights your work. and for most of the time, your work is done in the shadows. no one pays a whole lot of attention. unfortunately, sometimes the agencies don't pay a whole lot of attention. it is very important to me that we get this legislation right from your perspective. because you are the front line. and while there may be a hit every once in a while that gets the bright glare of camera, you toil away most of the time. in relative obscurity. most americans have no idea what inspectors generals are. and they don't realize the work you do. they don't understand the capacity you have to look after their interests. and they certainly don't get to

the honorable brian miller, gsa inspector general -- >> mr. denham, chairman denham, i'd just like to insert at this point in the record this comment and note for the record that mr. neeley has -- is not with us today. we had requested that he be with us. and he has taken i guess the fifth in another committee and is not appearing today against one of the requests that at least i made for him to be with us. i guess the only way we'll sigh him is on a video for the hot tub. but i want to make certain that it's noted in the record that he did not appear. >> mr. miller, deputy administrator, miss allison doone, gsa chief financial officer. mr. robert peck, former buildings -- former public buildings services commissioner. mr. neeley, as chairman mica already said, mr. neeley through his attorney refused to appear this morning. and miss lisa daniels, the event planner for public building service. if you'd join us at the table up front. i ask unanimous consent that our witnesses' full statement be included in the record without objection. so ordere

so brian miller woolridge series tactical about the company and so those were the chief that he was showing off which cost sixty five dollars and are basically for the fashion where gun owners know their cleats just say no to police yeah and across the world listen to me you know clearly what i think is funny is this is being billed as a covert fashion which is just too funny because yes it is covert action. because no i don't. i think that's a really good point i think we got a call up brian over you know what's really intelligent clearly you didn't get a female perspective here if you actually want to make the guys look good while they're experiencing old weapon it's not just them it's a burgeoning business according to that story said it's under armor too everybody's trying to take the bull market in concealed weapons permits this is like the male equivalent of the female paint gun like the little lipstick gun that you saw in like the old noir movie is about was sexy i mean not that guns are you know. you're the no no there's a little pink everywhere still hot pink guns that they made yo

brian miller told us messages that led to investigations even beyond the 823,000 our las vegas conference that caused the gsa officials their jobs. the pentagon is investigating a controversy involving soldiers in afghanistan. totals were published by the los angeles time sherman u.s. soldiers posing with dead insurgents. the paper says the pictures were taken in 2010 and were provided by a soldier who wanted to draw attention to the rest of a breakdown in leadership. >> president obama but holiday campaign event in d.c. tonight. first, he welcomes the alabama crimson football team to the white house this afternoon. the president will honor the team for winning its fourth -- 14th national championship. a new cnn poll shows the vice presidential candidates -- condoleezza rice, rick santorum, chris christie, marco rubio, bob mcdonnell. >> taking a look at the day had closing arguments begin in the south capitol street mass murder trial. five men face first-degree murder charges for the series of shootings on march -- in march that killed five people, including three on south capitol street.

earlier they asked gsa expecter brian miller about appetizers. >> we think the appetizers were expensesound the rule to have appetizers? >> there is a rule that says if you have an award ceremony and food is necessary for the performance of the award ceremony you may have food. >> fresh off the daily run down luke joins us now. we can start a segment starting about appetizers you know it is not going to be good for the folks getting asked these questions on capitol hill. >> not at all, richard. while that is sort of a light hearted moment about lawmakers trying to press the expecter general about what the gsa was doing at this event in las vegas spending money there are possible criminal charges filed against mr. neily, the gentleman in charge of the gsa conference, that's what we learned yesterday is that miller is recommended to look into whether or not there was criminal things that occurred, possible instances of bribery, possible kickbacks. while there are light hearted moments and members of congress are going to push the folks to make them look bad and embarrass them the american

the inspector general, brian miller has a referral under way and a number of the areas include misuseards and allegations of bribery. this related to the contractors that they had a relationship with and used them on a no-bid basis, and no bid is an important word in government because the gsa is the agency most responsible to make sure that we do have competitive bids and you simply don't give your wife's cousin a big contract without it being a low bid and that's exactly what we believe happened in this case, but at gsa we believe it is more widespread and the tip of the iceberg, if you will. >> that sounds like bribery, if you will, that would be a crime. >> we believe the charges could include bribery and there could be a referral coming shortly. >> define very shortly. in a matter of days if it hasn't already happened. the actual indictment is one that we don't directly participate in, and the inspector general does refer criminal charges at the conclusion of the investigation. we believe he's made the case for a number -- >> is that why he testified before congress? >> the quest

brian miller talked about how that could happen today before congress. >> for example, they would haveement with a contractor to replace an exhaust fan. they would use the purchase card to charge $2,000 or $1,000 for replacement of a fan. in reality the fan cost $80. >> a lot about rates today from members of congress, senate side today talking about how could this happen and what needs to be done to change the way it works? the new person in charge of the gsa is saying he is open to a lot of ideas looking at changes already and a number of people have been put on leave. a couple have resigned their positions and certainly questions being raised about who will be fired and can money be pulled back from some of those employees for excessive expenses? >> right, kelly. obviously the overall conversation is to make sure this doesn't happen again but meanwhile when there are allegations of kickbacks and things of that nature, one does wonder if anything criminal can come. what is the most severe? is it just you lose your job? >> they are going to refer some of these instances for potential

inspector general, brian miller, said the trouble goes deeper than that conference. he told the hearing, "every time we turned over a stone, we found 50 more, with all kinds of things crawling out." the head of the secret service won support today for his handling of a scandal involving prostitution. a spokesman said president obama has confidence in director mark sullivan. at least one republican senator made a similar statement. sullivan is investigating allegations that 11 agents and some military personnel got involved with prostitutes in colombia, ahead of the president's arrival there last week. president obama is asking congress to let federal regulators crack down on speculators who manipulate the oil market. he said today he wants to strengthen supervision of markets and increase penalties for illegal activity. it was his latest response to the soaring price of gasoline. >> we can't afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil, creating the per seps of a shortage, and driving prices higher only to flip the oil for a q

s inspector general brian miller was asked at a senate hearing yesterday if his initial report was just the tip of the iceberg. >> every time we turn over a stone, we find 50 more, we find other instances. even today, we found out that the wife of the regional commissioner had a parking space throughout the entire year of 2012 at the federal buildi. we just find one thing after another and difficult for me, even now, to quantify it. >> reporter: ed o'keefe has been covering the story for "the washington post." he says the las vegas conference brought to light a problem with the g.s.a.'s culture. >> the agency has a lot of interaction with corporate america, whether it's i.t. vendors, defense contractors, food vendors, office supply companies, technology firms of all sorts because they do most of the purchasing for the federal government, so i think because they interact so often with big business they feel like ey should act like a business, not only in how they spend their money and manage the agency, but also in how they party and how they interact with potential customers and with ea

[applause] >> brian miller. >> hello. i'm brian. this is my niece. she lost her father. i lost my brother in a massacre that occurred just on the other side of the hill here, the district building in 1994 when a man came into d.c. police headquarters, to the place i would say you were intent on mayhem that you would avoid. he went into the second floor, opened a door, and started firing. when it was done, he was dead, fbi special agent mike miller and two of is colleagues. since that day, we have been involved as much as we can to make sure the same thing does not happen to other people. mike was killed with a gun illegally sold in kentucky and illegally trafficked to washington d.c. this sort of thing happens every day, in every state, in every city. it is something that makes no sense yet this congress protect the gun industry from top to bottom but allows it to happen. i lived in new jersey. both states have strong at gun laws. neither state allows people to get guns and carry them loaded and concealed the way that george zimmerman did. why should the people of our st

the honorable brian d. miller is the inspector general of the general services administration. miss martha n. johnson is the former administrator of the general services administration. mr. jeff neely is the regional commissioner of public building services in the pacific rim region at the general services administration. mr. michael j. robertson is chief of staff at the general services administration and mr. david e. foley is the deputy commissioner of public building service at the general services administration. pursuant to our rules all witnesses are required to take the oath, would you please rise, raise your right hand to take the oath. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. in order to allow time for discussion testimony will be limited to five minutes. some of you have written statements some do not. in other case -- your written statement will be platsed in the record in their entirety. you may read your

i plugged the work that brian miller has been honest. it has taken a lot of time. the release of the igt's report on april 3, i sent a letter to and also requestedig testify aloniller testify along with the actingg administrators i want to thank you, madam the chairman, for doing that. in a way, this is not going tok be any immediate here. we have the two good guys here. we are not goinsag to be accusig anyone. we are just wanting to find guot where we can go from there.. and i think it was articulated well by the chairman. ofer course, mr. dan tangherlin, you are in a position where you're going to have to do some very uncomfortable things. about you and i think they've got the right guy doing them. the report describes a number of disturbing findings from the investigation, some of the highlights were the gsa spending on the conference planning was excess i be, wasteful and in some cases impermissible. travel expenses for the conference total ling over $100,000, just not believable. catering costs $30,000. the gsa failed to follow contracting regular laces in.of

. >> this was the inspector general brian miller who did the investigating.e was no oversight from above. the cfo, the chief financial officer also testified and said she didn't have any idea what the spending was like in that region or others. it was really stunning, the structural problems that led to this unbelievable waste of taxpayer dollars. >> it makes sense we saw some members talking culture and it's time for a culture change. also people lining up all along the sidewalks. they're stopping their cars leaning out the within does. wouldn't you? i think i would. just to get a passing glimpse of the space shuttle discovery. we're back with the man who knows his vehicle inside out. ok! who gets occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. hit me! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'. >> i have to give a lot of you credit. you helped capture this story, the fare well flight of the space shuttle d