But we sent you letters inquiring about this... you should have corrected the record.

I know you are not.

I want to assure our colleagues and the American people that we are going to find out exactly what happened here.

Recently we have learned that the IRS was in fact aware that the IRS had targeted Tea Party and other conservative organizations.

What else can you call it?

I hope that we can do so with the full and complete cooperation of the Obama administration.

The only way to fully address these issues and to restore the credibility of the IRS is to have a full accounting of the facts.

40 percent is not an insignificant figure. We are not talking about a small problem.

Like all of us, we thank the panel for your service, for your expertise, for being with us today.

These hearings are not some sideshow designed to distract from the President's agenda.

there are plenty of 501(c)(4)s across the political spectrum, and some of the 501(c)(4)s that were really sponsored by Democrats are extremely wealthy too.

I wrote a letter on March 14, 2012. It was signed by a number of my colleagues... You never got back to us.

If you are going to do something in this area--and I agree, it is Congress's obligation to do it--we ought to do it the right way.

Now, Mr. Miller, to your knowledge, what was the first date that anyone at the Treasury Department learned about any Tea Party groups that applied for tax-exempt status being subjected to extra scrutiny?

this targeting began before the so-called spike in 501(c)(4)s.

The American people deserve to know the truth about what went on here, and they deserve to know why the truth was kept from them for so long.

So they won't be listing the sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act.

We are spending a great deal of money on an issue but we are not necessarily getting the money on the ground to the problem that has to be there, and solving that problem.