WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Sen. Margaret Wood Hassan, D-New Hampshire, chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on June 14, 2022, entitled "Examining the Findings and Recommendations of GAO's 2022 Report on Duplication, Overlap, Fragmentation and Opportunities to Achieve Financial Benefits".

The GAO is the Government Accountability Office.