it is critical for the United States to lead by example in the area of trade facilitation and enforcement.

I recognize that you have been a National leader on this for many years and we appreciate that.

To the extent quantitative easing does have these impacts that I've described, it does so basically by way of encouraging consumption.

Did the excessive leverage, whatever its cause, tend to exacerbate the crisis that arose in 2008?

Does quantitative easing have an impact on the accumulation of government debt?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate this hearing.

That is why Senator Baucus and I have introduced S. 662, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2013.

In my opinion its future success is [linked to international trade].

The long and distinguished history of the United States Customs and Border Protection agency dates back to 1789.

We are very pleased that you chose Utah as the home for the first new U.S. plant in over 40 years.

This legislation is long overdue. I want to compliment the chairman for pursuing it.

You said, 'There was absolutely no targeting.' To this day you have not corrected your testimony.

You lied by omission.

But you knew this was going on, and you had represented that it was not going on.

We need to look closely at all these allegations as well.

It is critical that the public have confidence that Federal tax compliance efforts are pursued in a fair, evenhanded, and transparent manner without regard to politics of any kind.

The IRS targeting of citizens for their political views is in fact a scandal.

I think it is beyond hypocritical not to call for a ban on 501(c)(5) labor groups' political activity as well.