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I find nothing in this budget for the Air Force that will actually give a follow-on effort to sustain them.

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

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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?

The entire budget is an answer to that question, because it is not just one thing that we have done

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

I look forward to a long-term working relationship with you.

Every one of our big economic challenges depends on sustaining and growing the middle class.

This conversation on the budget is different than it has been in recent memory, because this year the Congress is actually operating under a bipartisan budget agreement.