Mark Kelly

This is impossible any place else in the world and sometimes we forget it.

If we are really trying to help the economy to recover, why would we put this weight on their back?

It's all about trust, and nobody trusts the IRS right now.

We have reinforced the people's greatest fear, that the IRS works in a completely different set of rules than the general public.

The agency right now is tainted.

How much more time do you think not just this committee but the American people can withstand?

The power to tax is the power to destroy.

I believe there is almost irreparable damage done to the agency, and the process, as it continues to unwind, makes it harder for the American people.

So out of 10 buyers, 9.6 of them are not here.

I guarantee you somebody will put a product in somebody else's driveway, and we will never get a chance to get back in that home again.

If you don't have a strong nuclear family, you don't have a strong faith-based folks.

Reunification has got to be such a goal in this foster system.

We have got to restore the American family unit in America.

Seems to me that because we have had such a human breakdown in the family unit, that we have more of these children that are out there that cannot be taken care of by a mom and a dad.

This system is broken, and it is flawed, and psychology has made great strides.

Do we need to turn off the flood of drugs? Yes. But the problem is we have got a reverse incentive system here.

Hairdressers are regulated in all 50 States, tax preparers are regulated in four.

If we cannot restore faith and confidence in this model Government that we have, of the general public, everything we talk about is just chatter, just idle chatter.

The problem is the code is far too big to work with.

There ain't no fix. There is no way that anybody can look at our current situation and feel that somehow they can trust and have confidence in what we are doing with them.

That is my main concern, because I think too often we continue to spend money on programs that aren't effective.

You can only spend a dollar once, so you want to make sure it is spent the right way.

I would just think that, when you look at that, and you are looking for a really good return on the investment, we are talking about building a stronger society, and you only can do it through building stronger families, which will result…

Thank you, Chairman. And I agree with Mr. Davis; this is a good panel to have before us.

There is just no other way to do it.