as you heard mr. truax testify to, he knew when the inspectors were coming, the monitors would come, and he knew that because of probably the lackadaisical implementation of the oversight guidelines that should have been applied, they allowed him to pick which projects would be inspected. so -- >> is that common place? >> we've heard that throughout our investigations,s yes, sir. >> okay. so not only the scheduling of it, but also the show -- which sites to show? >> the grantees have been able to manipulate the monitoring system, the oversight system. >> okay. are there, are there apart rules for how -- apart rules for thousand this is done, how the site visits are done -- >> yes, sir. i believe there's a checklist that the monitors go through. >> do you have issues with that checklist? >> not if applied properly. >> okay. and it aappears that it's not being followed properly. >> yes, sir. >> okay, all right. if we could put up on the screen, um, home. mr. beaudette, um, does husband's approach to overnight

the second witness is mr. truax. mr. truax, i would ask a question or he promised anything in order to testify today are you here on your own free will? >> i'm here on my own free will. >> you were not promising anything in return for your testimony, is that correct? >> no. >> do we know if we have a mr. smith? >> [inaudible] can you hear me, mr. smith? can you hear me? >> yes, sir i can hear you. >> i need to ask a few questions before you get your testimony. are you here voluntarily testify in today? >> yes, sir, i am. >> can you tell us why you are testifying today? >> yes, sir. one of the things experienced especially -- i hear feedback. >> were you promised anything to testify to this committee today? >> no, i was not. >> and so, thank you for making yourself available. you're written testimony will be made a part of the record. at this time the committee will recognize you to give your oral testimony and you may begin now. you have five minutes. >> thank you. thanks to everyone on the committee for allowing me the o