I think by anybody's definition that is significant.

I cannot imagine sitting there having knowledge of something this important, this explosive, and not at least stopping by the ranking member's office or the chairman's office, or both, and saying, look, here is what is going on.

I think we all agree that the implementation of sanctions on Iran is what helped bring them to the negotiating table.

I want every person in America who is entitled to receive it under the law to get it.

I would welcome you to Nebraska sometime, and we will get a business roundtable together.

I was not aware of this--that the IRS now has a rule that if, I think to paraphrase his testimony, if you are using less than 40 percent of your resources for 'political activity,' then, man, your application zips on through.

Many no longer trust the IRS to enforce tax laws impartially without regard to an individual's exercise of their constitutional rights.

I ask you to be persistent in trying to work together and coordinate with your fellow regulators.

I cannot imagine as the Secretary of Agriculture walking into OMB and saying to them, I want half of every increase in discretionary dollars in agriculture.

Would it help to just require that the name of the person, the individual involved that qualifies for that credit be listed together with a social security number?

It makes no sense to me. Like I said, it drives me crazy. It is such a waste of money.

So at that time and at this time today, if I am a Secretary, and we report that we are on budget, number one, and number two, that we are meeting the schedule for whatever rollout day is, then I get a green on the performance Dashboard is…

We all benefit from a system that promotes fair and orderly markets.

I would love to start a dialogue with you in just a general way about these issues.

oversight is important, and the rules we have are designed to prevent that sort of incident from taking place.

I can assure you the American people are dismayed by the activity at the IRS.

It struck me as arbitrary and capricious.

It just defies common sense.

Isn't there a way to put some streamline behind this, and because at the end of the day, it needs to get done, right?

the SEC--and I acknowledge this was prior to your time. But it failed to detect Ponzi schemes like Madoff, Stanford; didn't sound the warning on the collapse of the U.S. financial system--or near collapse.

Well, if I was at 41 percent and I were a private citizen out there, I would be hollering like crazy.

One of my concerns is that, once the door opens, the temptation for other countries, other parts of the world, to squeeze that door further open and further open is just too great to pass up.

But I think today you are. It sounds extremely arbitrary and capricious to me that you have set a 40 percent limit.

I can state unequivocally Congress never intended for nonfinancial end-users to be subject to costly margin requirements.

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