chaffetz: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from south dakota, mrs. noem. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from south dakota is recognized. mrs. noem: i thank the chairman for yielding and, mr. speaker, today i support the national bison legacy act because it's a very important bill to the tribes in my state and also to the heritage of south dakota and the united states. it's a bill that i helped representative clay from missouri introduce, and i thank him for all of his hard work on this legislation. it's been a long process but we're finally here today to get it across the house floor. i'm thrilled to sponsor this bill with my colleagues to raise up an enduring symbol of our nation's native american heritage, the american frontier and the resilience that's long distinguished others. the titanka is important both spiritually in native american culture. they offered tools, clothing. they could make soap from the fat. each piece were used becau

chaffetz: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 706, i call up h.r. 4901, the scholarships for opportunity and results re-authorization act, and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 402, h.r. 4901, a bill to authorize the scholarships for opportunity and results re-authorization act, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 706, the bill is considered as read. the bill shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member on the committee of oversight and government reform. the gentleman from utah, mr. chaffetz, and the gentlewoman from the district of columbia, ms. norton, will each control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from utah. mr. chaffetz: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include ext

chaffetz: so that is very troubling.nately, you concerned -- you have confirmed our worst suspicions. we have a bureaucracy in tsa. we have had about 42 screeners. that they i know cooked the books and moved positions to other agencies. but there are somewhere in the neighborhood of 8000-10,000 personnel, i know that there are 4000 in the d.c. $100,000 ag over year on average. so they are well paid. i read stories of what they did to you. since we have begun, we have had dozens of others, forward throughout tsa, telling us that they have experienced similar misconduct. i am a little concerned. mr. mica: again, you tell me that the people who are the most abusive are still there. is that right? mr. brainard: what i have observed, i think that the prime minister has done his best to get his arm around the situation, but we have not resolved it. this comes from a high level on the retaliation, it has taken place. i know that there have been memos and operational guidelines that have been revised, but folks are still in plac

chaffetz: i know. ms. saldana: if there's a memorandum of understanding with the department of state, we can recommend steps but we have it in a step by step procedure. because this is a complicated world. i think you all understand. and we have to look at each country separately. syria and iraq, that's a pretty hopeless situation in trying to return those immigrants to those countries. mr. chaffetz: do you really think syria and irke is your job and responsibility to make that determination? here's what the law says. on being notified via the attorney general that a government of a foreign country denies or unreasonably delays accepting an anyell who is a citizen subject -- an alien who is a citizen subject of the country, the secretary shall. so if you go to the first part of it. ms. saldana: shall what, sir? mr. chaffetz: shall order counselor officers in that foreign country to discontinue grants immigrant visas or nonimmigrant visas or both to citizens subject to national residence of that country unt

chaffetz: i have no additional speakers. i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from the virgin islands. ms. plaskett: i have no further speakers and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from utah. mr. chaffetz: i urge passage of h.r. 4360, this is a good, bipartisan bill. it makes the system more fairing more accountable and makes sure that anyone who does have an adverse action that they can't skirt away from their responsibilities and it does hold people accountable. to theasket it's a good bill and i urge its passage and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i move that the house suspend the rules and concur in the senate a

i agree with everything that chaffetz is doing and i admire it.but the fact is and i'm cynical enough to believe this, this is further proof that stonewalling works. we can't even remember what the scandal was about. they haveko succeeded four years this stuff. it now has come out about nine months to go in the administration, this will get the minimal coverage in the mainstream media the story will be gone in a few days, and it%-o wil[( have zero effect on what happens in the real world between now and the next election as was just indicated the fact is the president is supporting a candidate who deliberately created an email system so that it would never be found. and that's what we are living. and the reason they do it is because it works. >> that is it for the panel. stay tuned for your voice to our [plumber] i need to be where the pipes are. so i use quickbooks and run my entire business from the cloud. i keep an eye on sales and expenses from anywhere. even down here in the dark i can still see test this week's result from the "special rep

i agree with everything that chaffetz is doing and i admire it. cynical enough to believe this, this is further proof that stonewalling works. we can't even remember what the scandal was about. they haveko succeeded four years this stuff. it now has come out about nine months to go in the administration, this will get the minimal coverage in the mainstream media the story will be gone in a few days, and it%-o wil[( have zero effect on what happens in the real world between now and the next election as was just indicated the fact is the president is supporting a candidate who deliberately created an email system so that it would never be found. and that's what we are living. and the reason they do it is because it works. >> that is it for the panel. stay tuned for your voice to our contenders app. i thought i married an italian. did the ancestrydna to find out i'm only 16% italian. so i went onto ancestry, soon learned that one of our ancestors was eastern european. this is my ancestor who i didn't know about. but directv has been number one in c

chaffetz come the irs sent a letter back to mr. chaffetz in november of last year, and at the bottom of page two, top o of page to at the end of the witnesses until july 2015 iran's had oneself side stimulate the one stingray which was acquired in 2011. in july 2015 he began the process temperature additional cell site stingley. unit of the irs has received a second stingray? >> on a certain whether we have it or not. again i'll get back to you on that. >> but the process was started according to the letter. you know that? >> that part i do know so -- >> you don't know if you got the second one are not speak i'm not certain. >> there's 112 recommendations that the gao making the irs to do with the tax gap or any of those recommendations for the irs to procure another stingray? >> no. i have not heard of stingray before this hearing. >> seagate 112 things, good ideas to do today with a $385 billion tax gap, and they've implemented less than 50%, 37% according to what you said, of the recommendations you gave them your and yet they a

let's get more, jason chaffetz of utah is chairman of house oversite and reform committee. >> thanks, wolf. >> i assume you heard trump's victory speech, it was brief, 8 minutes, sort of presidential. spoke about senator ted cruz, didn't talk about lying ted. today he is back to lying ted. what's your reaction? >> he got a night's rest, got back to business. what i love about donald trump, he is always negotiating, putting you back on your heels. the republican party, you have to remember, he is bringing millions more people into the process than we had before. look at nevada. twice as many voted than when mitt romney ran. we have to be careful with this. i am not endorsing him, not endorsing ted cruz, staying out of it at this point. >> john kasich? what about kasich. >> they can stay in the race as long as you want. you have to go through the finish line. >> you say he is bringing, i think there were a record number of republicans that showed up yesterday in new york and voted and trump did remarkably well. take a look overall. we did a head count so far. all the contests

jason chaffetz of utah chairs the house oversight committee. >> committee on oversight of government reform will come to order. appreciate the group that we have assembled today. this is always of keen interest, the duplication report. government is so big, wide, expansive. talking about trillions in expenditures. we are always seeking ways to make government's dollars more effective and efficient. this morning the government accountability office released the sixth annual report on opportunities to reduce fragmentation t, duplication, in the federal government to achieve financial and other benefits. over the course of the six years the gao highlighted 250 areas of the federal government and recommended more than 600 corrective actions. we cannot thank enough the men and women who serve on the gao, the good work they do. doing hard work, looking under the hood. really coming up with important recommendations that we as members of congress desperately need to do our jobs properly. 41% of the recommended actions have been addressed and closed which will save about $125 million. this r

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congressman jason chaffetz chairs the oversight committee. this is two hours and 40 minut minutes. >> [inaudible conversations] >> committee on oversight and government reform will come to order. without objection pictures authorized to declare a recess at any time. appreciate the group we have assembled a day. it's always a keen interest the duplication report. government is so big, so wide and so expensive. we are talking about trillions of dollars in expenditures and we are always seeking ways to make the government dollars more effective, more efficient. this morning the government accountability office has released its sixth annual report on opportunities to reduce fragmentation of overlap and duplication in the federal government to achieve financial and other benefits. over the course of the six years the gao has highlighted 250 carries the federal government and recommended more than 600 corrective actions. we cannot thank enough the men and women who serve in the gao, the good work that they do. doing hard work, looking under the hoo

cartwright for five minutes. >> i thank chairman meadows, and thank chairman chaffetz for calling this important hearing. mr. tillotson,

chaffetz, the irs sent a letter back to mr. chaffetz in november of last year. and at the bottom of page 2, top of page 3 at the end of the letter it says until july 2015 irs had one cell sight stimulater, one stingray which was acquired in 2011. in july 2015 you began the process to procure another cellphone simulator. do you know if the irs has received a second stingray? >> i'm not certain whether we have it or not. again, i will get back to you on that. >> but the process was started according to the letter. >> right. >> you know that? >> that part i do know. >> you don't know if you got the second one or not? >> i'm not certain at this point. >> we need that information, too. mr. dodaro, there are 112 recommendations that the georgia made to the irs to deal with the tax gap. were any of those recommendations for the irs to procure another stingray? >> no, i have not heard of stingray before this hearing. >> so you gave 112 things, good ideas to do to deal with a $385 billion tax gap and they've implemented less than 50%, 37% according to what you said, of t

chaffetz. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. chaffetz: thank you. i appreciate mrs. noem and her drive to address this very important issue. i believe that the overwhelming majority of people that work at the i.r.s., they are good hardworking, patriotic people who want to do the right thing. i have a serious problem with management. i have a serious problem with the head of the i.r.s. but on this issue, this is just unbelievable that we can't come to a conclusive and absolute, 100% agreement. all we are asking for is that the bad apples, the people who will disturb what is going on in the workplace, who aren't going to act in the best interest of the united states of america, that they be excluded from participation. one of the things that's fascinating, mr. speaker, as we look at this is in response to the independent review that was done of the i.r.s. and their hiring practices, one of their responses, the question here is, should we go back and review the personnel employment file prior to rehiring somebody? this is what they

congressman jason chaffetz is chairman of the house oversight committee. >> i mean, it's really wearing crocs who already had a foot problem could make all his way-- his way all the way in past security into the white house. >> reporter: the secret service is working to implement the report's recommendations. scott, the i.g. report did commend the secret service for not using deadly force to subdue gonzalez, who has been released from prison after serving 16 >> pelley: jeff pegues in washington, jeff, thank you. today, the death toll from saturday's earthquake in ecuador rose to at least 480. but there are still 17 opinion who are missing. david begnaud is in manta where families are praying for miracles. rescue workers have been scrambling since quake hit to find survivors, but time is running out. these are peruvian rescuers looking into a hotel. it was a three-story hotel that collapsed during the earthquake. people inside, 12 people have been pulled out alive, and they just spotted three bodies inside that they're trying to get to right now. for this nine-year-old girl, it was all t

what was his bill offered by utah republican jason chaffetz do? >> this bill that authorizes the d.c. opportunity scholarship program which is school vouchers in the district of columbia. this is a pet project for former house speaker john boehner way back when he was running the education workforce committee years ago and congress has continued to prop it up over time and it helps allocate the money and towards these private school vouchers. you can call them scholarships which is what they're officially called for students from low income families in the district of columbia. this program is a symbol for school choice and a symbol for private school vouchers and congress is offering a proxy for the issue. >> you mentioned john boehner am the d.c. voucher issue came up in the house last year. the bill offered by then speaker boehner. it passed the house last october, the vote, what's the difference between this bill in the house today and last years bill quick why is it coming up again? >> it has a different spot. jason chaffetz has taken the lea

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cartwright for five minutes. >> i thank chairman meadows, and thank chairman chaffetz for calling thistant hearing. mr. tillotson, one of the issues goa included in this year's duplication report is dod's storage of occupational and environmental surveillance data. am i correct in that? >> yes, that is correct >> can you explain what the term means occupational and surveillance data? >> certainly. as the department conducts its industrial activities there is a requirement with law and osha standards that we collect information on any conditions that may eventually cause us to have to go back and look at impacts on the worse force or work environment. >> this has an impact on active duty service men, women and veterans. am i correct? >> that is correct. >> dod uses this information to tract biological, chemical and physical health hazards to our service men and women? >> that is correct. >> what benefit does dod get from collecting that type of information? >> two benefits come out of it. we collect it first of all and if we link environmental issues with impacts on active duty or servi

so i wt to thank chairman chaffetz. i also want to thank mayor bowser for her support. let's get this done for these kids. second, i'd like to discuss our visit to the middle east last week. right now there is a very real sense abroad that american foreign policy is turning away from our traditional allies and our traditional partners. i led a bipartisan delegation to let our partners in the region know they are not forgotten. we in congress speaking on behalf of our constituents, the american people, we remain committed to defeating isis and destabilizing the region. we are still in this fight. it was very important to make this message clear to our allies. i chose as the first location of my visit, and my first delegation as speaker, to go to israel. i chose to go to israel because i thought it was important to show our solidarity with the israeli people. we also wanted our sunni allies, jordan, saudi arabia, egypt, we wanted them to know we appreciate how they are on the frontlines in this fight. we understand that any of these governments falling, a failed state if

chaffetz, you sent -- the irs sent a letter back to mr. chaffetz in november of last year and at the bottom of page two, top of page three at the end of the letter it says "until july 2015 irs had one stingray which was acquired in 2011. in july, 2015, you began the process to procure an additional cell site simulator. do you know if the irs has received a second stingray? >> i'm not certain whether we have it oar not. i'll get back to you on that, too. >> but the process was started according to the letter. you know that? >> that part i do know. >> you don't know if you got the second one or not? >> i'm not certain. >> we need that information, too. mr. dodaro, there's 112 recommendations the gao made to the irs to deal with the tax gap, were any recommendations for irs to procure another stingray? >> no. i've not heard of stingray before this hearing. >> so you gave 112 things, good ideas to do to deal with a $385 billion tax gap and they've implemented less than 50%, 37% according to what you said of the recommendations you gave them an

house oversight and government reform committee chairman who led today's hearing congressman jason chaffetz >> thanks for having me. >> some released. >> more than 86,000 of them over a three year period. >> okay. who makes the decision to radio lease them and how do they pick and choose? >> well, it seems to be random. but everything from homicide to duis, to assault to sexual battery, to -- i mean, you name the violent crime, they have released them back out in the public, rather than either detaining them or better yet deporting them. >> people arrested for crimes and gotten sentenced. >> here i will really, committed a crime, convicted of that crime. they either served that time or they just released them back out in the public instead of actually saying now that you have served your sentence, your debt to the united states, we're going to send you back to the country from which you came. they don't do that. >> why don't dee they do that? >> it's ridiculous. there is no acceptable answer. they have tried to reprogram over $100 million that congress had allocated for these deportations,

chaffetz, the irs sent a letter back to mr. chaffetz in november of last year and at the bottom of page 2 top of page 3 at the end of the letter it says until july 2015 irs had one cell sight stimulator, one sting ray which was acquired in 2011. in july 2015 you began the process to procure another cellphone similarity. do you know if the irs has received a second sting ray? >> i'm not certain whether we have it or not. again, i will get back to you on that. >> but the process was started according to the letter. >> right. >> you know that? >> that part i do know. >> you don't know if you got the second or not. >> i'm not certain at this point. >> we need that information, too. mr. dodaro, there's 1126 recommendations that the georgia made to the irs to deal with the tax gap. were any of those recommendations for the irs to procure another sting ray? >> no, i have not heard of sting ray before this hearing. >> so you gave 112 things, good ideas to do to deal with a $385 billion tax gap and they have implemented less than 50%, 3

chaffetz. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. chaffetz: thank you. i appreciate mrs. noem and her drive to address this very important issue. i believe that the overwhelming majority of people that work at the i.r.s., they are good hardworking, patriotic people who want to do the right thing. i have a serious problem with management. i have a serious problem with the head of the i.r.s. but on this issue, this is just unbelievable that we can't come to a conclusive and absolute, 100% agreement. all we are asking for is that the bad apples, the people who will disturb what is going on in the workplace, who aren't going to act in the best interest of the united states of america, that they be excluded from participation. one of the things that's fascinating, mr. speaker, as we look at this is in response to the independent review that was done of the i.r.s. and their hiring practices, one of their responses, the question here is, should we go back and review the personnel employment file prior to rehiring somebody? this is what they

. >> i thank chairman meadows and chairman chaffetz for calling this important meeting. mr. tillotson, one of the issues gao included in the duplication report is dod's storage of occupational and environmental surveillance data. am i correct in that? >> yes, that's correct. >> can you explain what the term means? occupational and environmental surveillance data. >> surely. as the department conducts its industrial activities there is a requirement commensurate with both law and osha standards that we collect information on any conditions that may eventually cause us to have to go back and look at impockets on the workforce or impacts on the work environment. >> so this has an impact on active duty servicemen and women and also veterans, am i correct in that? >> that is correct. >> dod uses the information to track biological, physical and chemical health hazards to our servicemen and our servicewomen, is that right? >> that is correct. >> what benefit does d.o.d. get from collecting that type of information? >> two benefits come out of it. first of all, we collect it. if we

congressman jason chaffetz of utah chairs this house oversight and government reform committee hearing[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee on oversight and government reform come to order and without objection the chair's authors to declare recess at any time. preparing for this hearing and, i'm telling you is hard to keep your cool and preparing for this meeting. let me tell you the at the heart of why we are here today. immigration, immigration and customs enforcement, i've met with the men and women who work there, the wonderful hard-working dedicated people who do a hard and difficult job. but i've got to tell you what's going on at homeland security, what's going on with immigration customs enforcement is one of the most infuriating things i think i have seen in this government yet. in a three-year period immigration and customs enforcement has released more than 86,000 criminal aliens into the american public. these are people who were here illegally, got committing a crime, were convicted of that crime in stead of deporting them they were released ba

congressman jason chaffetz of utah chairs this house oversight and government reform committee hearing