Our overall goal here should be to restore the credibility of the IRS and ensure that this very powerful agency treats all American taxpayers fairly.

Simply put, we need a cultural change at the IRS.

In May 2013, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration revealed that, in the run-up to the 2010 and 2012 elections, the Internal Revenue Service had targeted certain organizations applying for tax-exempt status for extra and…

We should seriously consider what actions are necessary for us to make sure that culture never again exists.

I am concerned, as a taxpayer, with the breaches that we have had.

I believe the committee's report speaks for itself on this matter.

I believe we do the American people a disservice if we attribute the inexcusable behavior of IRS employees simply to incompetence.

the IRS's credibility and to abandon any effort to inject more rules and restrictions into the political process.

Should you redirect... the $27 million of taxpayer resources in a different direction?

Unfortunately, the IRS has lost the trust of the American people, and it does not have the credibility to make the necessary reforms on its own.

Home is the place, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.

Children and youth should only be placed in group homes for short periods of time.

I think Senator Wyden's comments earlier about the priority of relatives is something that is well ingrained in our culture and in our practice.

Too many children and youth spend years isolated and confined in foster care group homes.

Whenever possible, children should grow up in a home with their family.

one of the reasons why we are so concerned about Iran getting nuclear weapons has to do with the fact that this is a roguish state, a state that has made not only threats, but taken aggressive actions toward the United States and her…

Why isn't this a treaty? And as a treaty, why isn't it subject to advice and consent with two-thirds of the Senate concurring?

We agree that requiring the confidential advisor to report cases of sexual assault is highly problematic.