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American people fairly and efficiently. what is now completely clear, the management and joef sight of the agency's handling of tax exempt applications have completely failed the american people. i emphasize that. as we know from the inspector general's audit, the agency used totally inappropriate criteria in the review of tax exempt applications, singling out organizations for review, based on their name or political views, rather than their actual activities. these criteria changed four times over two years, with little management review or oversight. applications sat for years. work stopped...

Singling out by name had occurred on his watch. he had an obligation to return to this committee and set the record straight. so did mr. miller. neither fulfilled their obligations. a little more than a week ago, louis learner in front of the oversight subcommittee, she serves as the director of the exempt organization division, and she has been directly involved in this matter. yet she failed to disclose what she knew to this committee. choosing instead to do so at an aba conference two days later this is wholly unacceptable. and one of the reasons we believe, and as i stated several days ago...

Government to do a lot for them. >> we want to listen. this is the inspector general for the tax administration, jay russell george, let's listen to him testify. >> these applications, third, the irs requested unnecessary information from groups it subjected to special scrutiny. all three allat substantiated. the irs used inappropriate criteria to target for review, tea party and other organizations based on their name and policy positions. this practice started in 2010 and continued to evolve until june of 2011. as a the monitor shows, the irs was following inappropriate criteria. let me read...

Explain the context in which all of this happened back then. >> we hear lois lerner's name coming up, john king. do we know if she's going to testify or not? >> we are awaiting her to be called as a witness. she is not here today. carol, you can be certain this will continue. dana noted she is a civil servant. you have what makes this unique is that you have on the senate side, there will be hearings the democrats control. on the republican, you have this hearing today. they control the house. there is bihart san outrage and bihard san determination to get the answers, to who is responsible. h...

Someone going to do that? ith called high level organizational report. mr. miller, in 2010, the inappropriate criteria that singled out criteria for tax exempt by name was developed by what office? >> it was developed by an office not on here, but on page two, under louis lerner's jurisdiction. >> and where are those employees located? >> for the most part, they are located in cincinnati. about 140 folks do this work in cincinnati. a handful of people around the country report in to cincinnati as well. >> in 2011, the report finds as the director of exempt organizations, e.o. on this