The IRS targeting scandal was un-American. The IRS is the most powerful and feared entity in the United States.

What Congress really wants is access to the documents and the witnesses, because that is the lifeblood of any investigation.

Did they provide false and misleading testimony to Congress? Yes and on more than one occasion.

Congress should eliminate the double tax on corporate income. The double corporate tax results in less investment, fewer jobs, and lower wages than if all American businesses were subject to a single layer of tax.

So until this body begins to incrementally assert itself with impeachment--acknowledge being the ultimate penalty.

I think what we would find is that, in fact, we were lied to in Congress, we were misled in Congress, that there was gross negligence.

The targeting of Americans, the suppression of their First Amendment rights is something I know in a bipartisan way we take very seriously.

That is correct. In fact, they said, 'could select organizations for examinations in an unfair manner.'

Isn't it a fact that the Senate Finance Committee, the Department of Justice, and the Treasury Inspector General all investigated this alleged IRS scandal that is the subject of this hearing today and each one of those entities found that…

I think that goes back to 2011, if I recall, Dave Camp and the Ways and Means Committee.

This is really a simple case, in my mind. When Congress asks you a question, you're expected to give a truthful answer.

I thank the chairman for allowing me to speak in support of the Intelligence Authorization Act. Fifteen years or so ago, I was piloting the B-1, which is one of the most sophisticated aircraft or weapons systems ever developed. At the…

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ESSA represents a momentous opportunity for students and teachers alike by removing many of the overbearing Federal policies that stifled classroom instruction in the past.

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Along with many of my colleagues, I rise today to honor National Police Week. One of the favorite things that I get to do as a Member of Congress is to ride with police officers as they go about their duties, and from St. George to Salt…