i believe there will be broad agreement on tanif. so we allotted about 30 minutes of time for discussion there. there will be 45 of discussion on boiler mact and 45 on bonus deappreciation. we'll follow the same orders yesterday. senate democrats followed by senate republicans followed by house democrats and house republicans. so with that i would like to open up our first topic, the difference on the senate and house bill on extending tanif benefits. this is a house policy i think we can come to fast agreement on. last night the house overwhelmingly passed legislation that would implement some of these reforms, with 395 house members voting yes, including all of the house conferees on this conference. so with that i will turn the floor to senator bachus for any comments, and to begin the discussion today. >> thank you, chairman camp. i think you pretty much summarized it. senator hatch and have i been working on tanif authorization and to some changes that are to be made to the program. but that's for another day. here i think it ma

despite this progress, tanif can and should be strengthened. recently, there's been concern about tanif funds used at strip clubs and liquor stores. this is an abuse of taxpayer dollars and a violation of taxpayer trust. many local news investigations have verified this unfortunate abuse of a well-intended program. one of the most shock reports was from king-5 news in seattle, washington, they discovered that 13,000 tanif recipient withdrew approximately $2 million in tanif funds at casinos in 2010. we have to ask why are they in the casino in the first place and the use of these dollars can't be meeting basic grocery needs in an establishment like that or any other type of adult establishment. some states like washington, new mexico, and texas have begun to take action on a local basis, but i believe this is one issue we immediate to address at the federal level, at the core, first by stopping this problem as a symptom and dealing with the deeper systemic and process issues we can establish through data standardization so these cards won't wor