Political Quotes

“3.5 million forms containing errors, incorrect line references to the IRS tax form were printed, 100,000 of them were distributed, had to be recalled, the other ones all had to be destroyed. A cost of $720,000. Dead and Loving It. The Department of Education improperly discharged almost $77 million in student loans for borrowers who claimed to be either permanently disabled or deceased. This was a double good news for these people. The good news, number one, is that their loans were forgiven because they were disabled or dead. The second bit of good news is they were neither disabled nor dead. But the Education Department had identified them as such and had forgiven their loans. Most recently a theft ring, and this is what happens when you do not have proper controls. They had a purchasing agent within the Department of Education who could order materials, certify that they came in, certify that they should be paid for and certify that other individuals, independent contractors, should receive overtime. They ordered over $330,000 of electronic equipment, authorized the payment, the $330,000 of equipment was shipped around to various employees' and friends' homes around the Nation's capital. This was all done through the phone guy. What was in it for the phone guy? The phone guy got $660,000 of overtime that he had not worked. More recently, we had a hearing on this last week. Another theft ring. Impact Aid funds.…”