mr. vito for five minutes for his opening statement. >> pull it closer. >> all right, try that. >> is that any better? thank you very much. good morning mr. chairman and members of the subcommittee. i am robert vito regional inspector general for the office of the valuation inspections at the u.s. department of health and human services office of inspector general. thank you for the opportunity to testify about cms oversight with medicare contractors. two years ago i testified before you about recurring problems that we had identified with cms integrity contractors. cms relies on contractors to administer half a trillion dollars in medicare spending every year. oig understands effective oversight of the medicare contractors is continuous, demanding and resource intensive process for cms. and for choice in the same problems we identified in the past with cms oversight of contractors also extend to other cms contractors. today the oig is releasing two reports that highlight similar oversight pro