Attorneys, assists members with all aspects of tax legislation. This panel is about 45 minutes. So our first panel is going to examine portions of the history of the joint committee on taxation. And our first speaker is george yin and his paper deals with the joint committees role in the codification of the tax laws. George . Thank you very much, and thanks to the u. S. Capital and Historical Society for sponsoring the event and to the joint committee, tom and the rest of the staff per organizing it and inviting me to participate. Its wonderful to see so many familiar faces and join in celebrating the 90th anniversary of this great institution. I thought i would use my time to mention just a few of the surprises i have discovered in researching the history of the joint committee. Truth be told, virtually everything ive learned has been very interesting, if not surprising. In addition to satisfying our curiosities, the story of the joint committee is important because the staff of this