acting commissioner wefel last came before the committee detailing the irs's wasteful spending on for most conferences and the senior executives who oversaw the 501(c)(4) debacle in cincinnati have received significant performance bonuses. listening to chairman crenshaw's remarks, it seems like dÉjÀ vu all over again. the irs discharge with the massive undertaking of a mandate under the affordable care act, the greatest intrusion of this agency into personal health care decisions in history, combating identity theft and refund fraud, and addressing international compliance issues. among many other competing priorities, you can understand why additional reviews and more training conferences with heightened security -- i can scrutiny, we hope to ascertain how the irs will go about planning is training conferences to ensure that they are goal oriented and effective, as well as compliant with the irs's procurement processes. i also hope you can explain to the satisfaction of this committee how and why $63 million in performance bonuses are appropriate or beneficial to the taxpayer? we are