Can you assure this subcommittee that U.S. funds will not be used to honor business deals negotiated by Saddam Hussein's regime?

I am concerned about the President's plan to spend $100 million to target low-income families and possibly deny them this critical tax credit.

Well, if you could tell me precisely how much taxpayer money has gone into lobbying Congress.

I would just say that I think there is a real concern that we are not hiring those fast enough to meet that 3-year requirement.

I think the President made an excellent choice in asking that she be appointed as the permanent Administrator of that agency.

Well, I will tell you that last month the Acting IRS Commissioner assured me that your agency would be getting a thorough evaluation of the impact of this new process on EITC participation before you expand your effort to 2 million working…

I am concerned now that before we ever look at the results, determine whether or not there was complete confusion...

I think it is the Europeans who have declared a trade war on this country, and I think we need to push back.

We are not hearing from anybody. And I do think they need to talk to the airports and to the unemployed workers, as well.

I don't understand how the use of money to advertise in this is going to help outreach to poor families.

But shouldn't we wait until we get a more accurate estimate of what occurred with the 2001 tax act before implementing this kind of regime that could cause a lot of disruption among many taxpayers?

The EITC is designed to help the working poor. It is probably the most targeted means-tested tax benefit in the entire Federal code.

I was not actually asking about your rationale. I was asking, because you are sending 45,000 questionnaires out...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I would just argue that the aviation industry has, in fact, really been hit because obviously September 11th had an impact on people's willingness to travel by air.

Our airlines, our airports, and our employees are facing an immediate crisis and they need our help.

I offered an amendment to increase the size of the aviation relief package from $2.8 billion to $3.5 billion dollars.

Those rumors of furloughs persist even if you were given more than 99 percent of what you requested for FAA Operations this year.