when the IRS commissioner himself is requiring, you know, professional assistance to deal with the Tax Code, I think that is a statement in and of itself

I think CBO estimates that the 10-year cost for the IRS is going to be somewhere in the $5 billion to $10 billion range.

The National Taxpayer Advocate's recent report to Congress provided some alarming facts on what the federal Tax Code has become.

Every year taxpayers face a Tax Code of growing complexity.

The IRS must simultaneously respect the rights of taxpayers, provide assistance to the millions of taxpayers who have questions about their taxes, and go after those who cheat the system.

I share the gentleman's concerns. I think they are very legitimate.

And clearly, the IRS is the agency, the entity that is best positioned to make that determination, to enforce the law.

Very important questions, and certainly know we have a current body of law that needs to be followed with regard to whether an organization qualifies as tax-exempt or not.

I thank the gentleman. Thank you, Commissioner Shulman, for appearing before the subcommittee.

And I think it is important for us to make sure that if you are going to try to tell the public that they should not have to pay the same level of taxes that a for-profit enterprise pays, that it should be for a good reason.

I am hopeful that you will look at every aspect of the Administration's budget and eliminate any duplication, streamline, consolidate, and really weed out every last dollar.

The big thing I hear is just getting it done fast-track.

Although Ohio is not a State that has a lot of hydro--it's about 1 percent of our electricity currently...

Those measures must both encourage the return of private capital to the market, while also ensuring that we do not disrupt our housing finance system.

Under the Hensarling comprehensive GSE reform bill, he would like to completely privatize.

I think that it was said by one of you that this should not be a partisan issue, that this should be a bipartisan issue.

I am open to perhaps restructuring how we support affordable housing in a future housing finance system.

I know that there are those who believe that somehow there were too many people who could not afford mortgages who were extended mortgage opportunities.