driehaus and mr. lee for introducing this bill, and thank the chairman of the oversight investigation subcommittee, mr. moore, for his work on this issue. h.r. 330 makes technical corrections that trigger inspectors general to launch an investigation in the failure of a financial institution. financial inspectors general must dedicate resources and personnel to investigate failures, like that of a.i.g., because their findings can present critical evidence about what caused the financial crises. congress, federal regulators and the administration can then better target reforms to our broken financial regulatory system. in may, the financial services committee on oversight and investigations held a hearing on the role of financial services inspectors general. we heard from inspectors general about their difficult task to tackle the waste, fraud and abuse that is at the heart of our financial crisis. fraud and abuse were two of many significant factors that contributed to the financial crisis, especially