I think that bears repeating. President Obama's latest budget contains more than $1 trillion in proposed tax hikes.

Mr. Secretary, do you think it is appropriate to propose more regulations before the relevant committees, including this committee, have completed the investigation of the IRS actions?

I think you and I agree 100 percent that the IRS should be totally apart from politics.

In one of the darkest moments in modern political history, President Nixon sought to use the IRS to target his political enemies.

I have introduced legislation, along with Senator Flake--let me get to that here. The bill would stop the IRS from intimidating or targeting groups for their beliefs.

All I am asking is that, if Mr. Koskinen decides to resolve this matter, he has the authority to do so.

the IRS Commissioner at the time stood up to the President and the White House and refused to allow the IRS to be used for political purposes.

I have been watching with deep concern Russia's use of economic and trade measures against the new Ukrainian government.

This is part of a larger pattern, it seems to me, of Russian economic coercion, certainly against its neighbors, for nothing but political reasons.

We have had this situation arise where it looks like the IRS is being misused and that some people have acted improperly at the IRS.

The parts of the budget that have been made public so far do not seem to have much, if anything, to say about promoting growth through trade.

I urged the administration to use all tools at its disposal to demonstrate to Russia the importance of complying with its international obligations.

the IRS Commissioner of today, John Koskinen, has a clear role in rejecting or approving the current proposed IRS regulations.

We will leave 30,000,000 Americans without insurance at the end of 10 years.

When did DOD start planning for its new force structure to implement the New START treaty?

If Congress does not allow for a BRAC round, how much will you be spending per year on unnecessary infrastructure?

It has been over 3 years since the New START treaty was ratified. Why has the decision on force structure taken so long to make?

should the Iranian ICBM program be something that is addressed in the final agreement that we are negotiating with Iran?