Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. In keeping in the great way senator lindsey runs his meeting, we start here on time too. And well defer our opening comments out of respect to you so you can make your introduction and go on about your business. But you honor us by being here. We thank you for that. And the floor is yours to introduce one of our nominees. Thank you, chairman corker and Ranking Member. Thank you for the opportunity tew peer before the committee on behalf of the president s nominee to serve as the undersecretary of state for management. Hes been my budget director, hes an excellent manager. He has tremendous historical knowledge and coordinate many efficiently. He was born and raised portland, oregon and attended college in san francisco. He remains loyal to his west coast roots. After graduating college, he considered teaching diplomatic history. While he never had a chance to pursue that interest, the opportunity to pursue the role in Foreign Policy will
Senator lindsey runs his meeting, we start here on time too. And well defer our opening comments out of respect to you so you can make your introduction and go on about your business. But you honor us by being here. We thank you for that. And the floor is yours to introduce one of our nominees. Thank you, chairman corker and Ranking Member. Thank you for the opportunity tew peer before the committee on behalf of the president s nominee to serve as the undersecretary of state for management. Hes been my budget director, hes an excellent manager. He has tremendous historical knowledge and coordinate many efficiently. He was born and raised portland, oregon and attended college in san francisco. He remains loyal to his west coast roots. After graduating college, he considered teaching diplomatic history. While he never had a chance to pursue that interest, the opportunity to pursue the role in Foreign Policy will be a great privilege. He began work in the legislative branch in 1989 and se
The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, from whom comes all holy desires, we thank you for all those who give their lives to serve you and country. May they realize that they are doing your work on earth when they strive faithfully to follow your precepts. Use our lawmakers to bring comfort, renewal, and empowerment to our nation and world. Take them along yet untrodden paths, through perils unknown, to your desired destination. May they live in peace and contentment, resting in the knowledge that you are directing their steps. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the sena
In chief megan murphy. A story on synthetic Identity Theft. I had not heard of this. Megan it is a really troubling and quite spooky story about how fraudsters are doing Something Different than just stealing existing identities. They are actually compiling their own identity. What is so fascinating is its a long game. This can take months, even years to pay off. They have to keep establishing the identity, keep applying for credit for the ultimately cash out. Oliver it is like a weird ponzi scheme of credit fraud. What is interesting is you guys detailed somebody in the story, the actual degree to which they are able to do this. 340,000 using credit cards. A fleet of vehicles. How does it get so out of control . Megan they basically try to come up with Social Security numbers they might be going to be used that have not been used, or they take an existing number. They will use it to apply for credit with no address. The Credit Card Companies frequently reject these applications. But o
Carol we are here with editorinchief megan murphy. And in the finance section a , story on synthetic Identity Theft. I had not heard of this. Megan it is a really troubling and quite spooky story, about how fraudsters are doing Something Different than just stealing existing identities. They are actually compiling their own identity. What is so fascinating is its a long game. This can take months, even years to pay off. They have to keep establishing the identity, keep applying for credit for the ultimately cash out. Oliver it is like a weird ponzi scheme of credit fraud. But what is interesting about this is, you guys detailed somebody in the story, the actual degree to which they are able to do this. 340,000 using credit cards. A fleet of vehicles. I mean, how does it get so out of control . Megan heres what they do. They basically try to come up with Social Security numbers they might be going to be used that have not been used, or they take an existing number. They will use it to a