Our job in this body is to protect the hardworking American taxpayers' investment, their tax dollars, and make sure that they are being spent the right way.

We have destroyed the regular work week, and we continue to put a heavy burden on people who actually are trying to rebuild the economy.

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

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

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

The power to tax is the power to destroy.

The agency right now is tainted.

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

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

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.