mr. connelly himself. required to report what happened, mr. connelly chose not to. mr. connelly even met with his boss, special agent in charge on march 6th to talk about the incident but made no mention of being involved with the incident himself. the other agent had a duty to self report as well and chose not to. the failure to report reflects poor judgment or trying to hide their activities. senior uniform division leaders also violated their duty to report by failing to inform mr. connelly's boss. the head of the protection division. perhaps the situation might have been dealt with earlier if the agents were given a breathalizer test that night. they decided not to administer to them because he was worried to do so would be a quote career killer end quote. he was probably right. the watch commander's decision was likely influenced by the secret service reputation for punishing those or ignoring those who filled violations such as drunk driving. that is why the problems of this incident expand beyond this incident. we are concerned the problems within the secret servi

mr. connelly himself. required to report what happened, mr. connelly chose not to. mr. connelly even met with his boss, special agent in charge on march 6th to talk about the incident but made no mention of being involved with the incident himself. the other agent had a duty to self report as well and chose not to. the failure to report reflects poor judgment or trying to hide their activities. senior uniform division leaders also violated their duty to report by failing to inform mr. connelly's boss. the head of the protection division. perhaps the situation might have been dealt with earlier if the agents were given a breathalizer test that night. they decided not to administer to them because he was worried to do so would be a quote career killer end quote. he was probably right. the watch commander's decision was likely influenced by the secret service reputation for punishing those or ignoring those who filled violations such as drunk driving. that is why the problems of this incident expand beyond this incident. we are concerned the problems within the secret servi

mr. connelly admitted to drinking two beers. they also admitted that they drove the government vehicle that same evening on their way home. is that right? >> mr. roth: that is correct. >> rep. cummings: they had a policy that prohibits operating government vehicles while under the influence. your report says that this policy applies only to uniform division officers, not to agents right mr. connelly or mr. ogilvie. this seems a bit ridiculous to me. do you know why? >> mr. roth: we do not. what we found with a lot of these policies is that they were put in in kind of a piecemeal fashion. we do not have a good explanation as to why it only applied to the uniform division but not the special agents. >> rep. cummings: the secret service is also part of the homeland security -- department of homeland security, which has its own policy which prevents all employees from drinking alcohol within eight hours of operating a government vehicle. even if we take the statements at their word in terms of how much they drank that night, it seems

mr. connelly and mr. ogilvie, had been driving -- drinking before driving a government vehicle to the white house. it also includes that there is "no evidence that the video of the incident was intentionally deleted." this was a model of how an investigation should be conducted. and a demonstration why congress and this community relies so heavily on -- unfortunately, this report makes clear that there is still much work to be done to improve the culture at the secret service. at a previous hearing, september 30 of last year, i expressed grave concern that the secret service punishes those who raise concerns. employees are afraid to report incidents up the chain of command. at the time, we were discussing an incident where multiple shots were fired at the white house. one officer on the scene believed bullets had hit the white house, but she feared the consequences of disputing her superiors. as a result, it was not discovered until four days later that the white house had been struck. the inspector gener

mr. connelly and mr. ogilvie stayed at the bar with two other colleagues and according to your report, mr. ogilvie opened a new bar tab at 7:44 p.m. and closed it three hours later. is that right? mr. roth: that's correct. mr. cummings: as part of your investigation, you obtained the actual bar tab, did you not? mr. cummings: we did. cum -- mr. roth: we did. mr. cummings: i would like to put it up on the screen. your report says they purchased "eight glasses of scotch, two vodka drinks, one glass of wine, and three glasses of beer." they were on a roll. looking at this tab -- the first three items are beers, then a glass of wine, then eight johnny walker reds, then two vodka drinks. so 14 alcoholic drinks in all, is that right? mr. roth: that's correct. mr. cummings: the agents claim they did not have all of these drinks. mr. ogilvy told your investigators that five glasses of scotch, the glass of wine and three beers were, and i quote, given away to others, end of quote, but he could not remember to whom

mr. connelly is not related to me, nor do i like scotch. thank you. rep. chaffetz: duly noted. we will now recognize the gentleman from florida. >> thank you. in your report, you said that the findings should be considered in light of the secret service reputation for punishing or ignoring those who would further investigate or report such dilation. that interests me the cousin before your tenure, the dhs released a 2013 report which did not find evidence that the secret service had this conduct for the leadership had fostered an environment that fostered inappropriate conduct. given your tenure giving this report, what are your thoughts about the 2013 dhs report? is that an accurate reflection of what is going on in the culture of the secret service right now >> mr. roth: right now, it is not. one of the things that you reference, there are fascinating findings within it. for example, they did a survey, and electronic survey -- an electronic survey where 86% indicated that they did not report such behavior. the report also indicated that, of the 2500-some electronic survey res

mr. connelly and mr. ogilvie, had been driving -- drinking before driving a government vehicle to the white house. it also includes that there is "no evidence that the video of the incident was intentionally deleted." this was a model of how an investigation should be conducted. and a demonstration why congress and this community relies so heavily on -- unfortunately, this report makes clear that there is still much work to be done to improve the culture at the secret service. at a previous hearing, september 30 of last year, i expressed grave concern that the secret service punishes those who raise concerns. employees are afraid to report incidents up the chain of command. at the time, we were discussing an incident where multiple shots were fired at the white house. one officer on the scene believed bullets had hit the white house, but she feared the consequences of disputing her superiors. as a result, it was not discovered until four days later that the white house had been struck. the inspector gener

mr. chairman. let me welcome the connelly family to the hearing and let me compliment michael botticelli for having the roots origins in the 20th congressional district of new york. welcome all. one of the biggest concerns i hear from individuals and families struggling with addiction is difficulty they have accessing treatment. as you know, with the mental health parody and addiction equity act as well as with the affordable care act, millions more gained access to mental health and substance abuse services. however, recent reports lay bare the fact that these new treatments as options sometimes exist on paper only. so my question first to assistant director frank, dr. frank, what is hhs planning to do to increase public disclosure of the medicaid management practices insurers use both on the commercial side and on medicaid and chip so that consumers can truly evaluate their health plans to ensure they're in compliance with parity. dr. frank: thank you for the question. we, too, view the mental health parody act as an incredibly important opportunity to increase the use of evidence based practice