House Government Oversight Committee questions Auditor Rob Sand on court debt misallocation
KCCI
[{'start': '2.068', 'end': '4.637', 'text': "UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT.  DEMOCRATIC STATE AUDITOR ROB  SAND IS PUSHING BACK AGAINST  REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS WHO ACCUSE  HIM OF NOT CATCHING AN ERROR  THAT LED TO $26 MILLION IN COURT  FEES GOING TO THE WRONG STATE  FUND.  IN A HEARING WEDNESDAY, THE  GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE  PRESSED SAND ON WHETHER THE  ERROR COULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT  SOONER.  SAND TOLD THE COMMITTEE HIS  STAFF MEMBERS DID THEIR JOBS,  AND THE ERROR WAS THE RESULT OF  A COMPUTER CODING ISSUE.  HE ALSO SAYS THE JUDICIAL BRANCH  HIRED OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS TO  START TO FIX THE ISSUE BEFORE IT  NOTIFIED HIS OFFICE.  KCCI TOLD YOU ABOUT THE  MISALLOCATED FUNDS LAST YEAR,  SAND TOLD LAWMAKERS THIS WEEK  THAT NO STATE DOLLARS WERE EVER  LOST.  IF YOU MAKE A DEPOSIT AT THE  BANK AND YOU TELL THEM TO PUT IT  IN YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT, BUT IT  GOES INTO YOUR CHECKING, YOU'LL  BE DISAPPOINTED WHEN IT'S NOT  THERE, BUT YOU'LL JUST MOVE IT  OVER AGAIN.  YOU HAVEN'T LOST ANY MONEY.  SOME STATE REPUBLICANS SAY THE  ERROR LED TO SOME PROGRAMS BEING  SHORTCHANGED.  SAND DENIES THAT IS THE CASE.  LAWMAKERS WILL NEED TO TAKE  LEGISLATIVE ACTION TO GET T"}]