Well, and I would just, you know, not putting words in your mouth, but I would say not only the IRS, but frankly, it is the basis of our country that you should not fear the government because of your beliefs.

I trust that you are going to do the right thing. But the right thing means absolute transparency.

I will never, ever be shy or be apologetic about defending the interests of the folks that I represent who are hurting because their taxes have been increased.

But the choices are very simple. You can either try to change the story and cover this up, and try to give it a good spin, or you can make sure that you get to the bottom of it.

I think this is worse. As dangerous, as unacceptable as those that I just mentioned are, and they are, when government targets individuals for their beliefs, this is now an affront on democracy, on our freedoms.

The American people have already gotten hit with a number of tax increases.

We have $3 billion in annual expenditures for IT in your Department and we have 400 information systems; some duplicative, some archaic, some obsolete.

Can you tell me how many positions have been eliminated and what taxpayer dollars we can expect from that consolidation or elimination of programs?

I have always pushed Open World to increase its fund-raising from nongovernmental sources.

The Open World Leadership Center's request of $10 million is equal to the fiscal year 2012 level, which is somewhat surprising, given the fiscal difficulties that we are having.

In the smallest appropriations bill, particularly in the midst of sequestration on top of that, it is even more difficult to find whatever scraps are left on the table for a program like this one, in my opinion.

Our difficulty on this subcommittee is to prioritize these essential projects, and Open World, given its odd fit in the legislative branch, presents a major challenge for us.

But the increasing nuclear capacity is disturbing, as is assisting Iran in its procurement of a nuclear weapon.

What do we in the end do we want to accomplish? North Korea has 21 million people. It is in a strategic location.

I know we have heard some, it is quite horrifying to hear so many of the things you are talking about--human right violations, illicit activities of the counterfeiting of money, cigarettes, drugs.

the failure of one plan and resulting imposition of withdrawal liability on its contributing employers can have a ripple effect on many other plans.

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