The hardship hearing would be available for any kind of noncash seizure, for most kinds of noncash seizures. But the law specifically says that there is no hardship hearing available if you are--the money, if it was cash that was seized.

In my experience, the Government routinely disregards the deadline set by the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act.

As much as I tried to talk about any other subject that we are working on in Congress, this group wanted to talk about the IRS.

Unfortunately, Carole Hinders can't be with us today.

I believe it is from Stefan Cassella, that's the U.S. attorney.

President Obama's Executive amnesty isn't just about immigration; it is about taxes also.

Well, the truth is, I say thanks to President Obama's amnesty, illegals will be getting thousands of dollars from the IRS. I feel like that is outrageous, and it is wrong. It is not fair. It is not right.

Those local, State and local officers have a financial incentive in the enforcement of the law because under what is called equitable sharing, 80 percent of the money that is seized by the Federal Government can be returned to local law…

I think one of the most important reforms that could be made would be to eliminate the profit motive that is inherent in civil forfeiture.

I absolutely believe it should be retroactive, yes.

I think it would absolutely be a major improvement to allow people the opportunity for a prompt hearing, both to contest the seizure and also to present evidence of hardship.

The people who get swept up by the structuring law who actually may be guilty of structuring but who most people would say have done nothing wrong are people who simply don't want the Government knowing what they are up to.

But before we try to address these problems, we need to make sure we fully understand them.

With poverty rates stuck at historically high levels and far too many unable to find work, we need to make sure we're doing all we can to help people get ahead.

Even though this is technically the sixth year of the current 'recovery,' far too many Americans are struggling to get ahead in today's economy.

Mr. Cohen, Senator Warren just characterized this as a broken system, and yet you point out that unions are winning an increasing percentage of the elections.

It is my intent as Chairman of the Subcommittee to not leave anybody behind in this.

I do think it's important for the record that for childhood immunization, the Affordable Care Act has really, not hurt, but it has certainly not augmented that which was previously there.