Barbara Boxer: “My colleagues on the other side of the aisle are focused on several issues, which they call scandals. I would like to…”

“My colleagues on the other side of the aisle are focused on several issues, which they call scandals. I would like to address those and then talk about issues that seem to be falling through the cracks while they focus on ``gotcha'' politics; they are going to get the President. I think we will start with the IRS. It is wrong to target any group for scrutiny whether they are on the right or on the left, if it is a tea party group or a liberal church. We have seen this with the IRS over the years. As a matter of fact, I looked back to see how many of my Republican friends stood up and talked about going after the IRS and straightening them out when they went after the NAACP or when they went after a liberal church in Pasadena in Congressman Schiff's district. The fact is they got exercised when they went after the tea party. OK. I hear you. I am with you. What is important is so is the President. If this President says: I agree with you, they say: We didn't hear you. They just want to fight. I have friends where sometimes we are having a debate, and all of a sudden a bright light goes on and I will say, you know what, I think you are right. Sometimes they keep on arguing. The President said this is an outrage, and he has already made sure people are being fired. We are going to make sure we straighten things out at the IRS. Let's focus on how to fix it, not how to make it into a ``gotcha'' political issue.…”