Darrell Issa

The canard that somehow the taxpayers are funding this is simply not true.

There is no tax money lost at all.

But hopefully we did shed some light on it today.

I feel it when the bell rings and I cannot vote for or on behalf of the 650,000 residents who live in the District.

So we are making progress on the components of statehood and we believe, over time, that the Congress will see that the components of statehood should add up to Statehood itself.

He himself endorsed budget autonomy and has worked tirelessly with local officials and me and Republican interest groups to secure budget autonomy.

The fact is, there should be no commending of a man who sat in your chair, the Attorney General of the United States, and told us he wore two hats, one being a political hat, because the FBI does not operate in a vacuum.

It is my intention to conclude tomorrow's hearing and take draft legislation...

I have no doubt that this Administration will attempt retribution against all of you. That is their pattern.

Isn't that a classic example where it has to be done timely or irreparable harm to the process occurs?

Isn't, in fact, one of the most important tools the clandestine nature of discovery?

If in fact the target knows and if your statutory limit is in fact only against current employees...

We need to give taxpayers a private right of action and opportunity to recover treble damages from individual IRS employees who violate their 6103 rights.

The current process of keeping taxpayer dollars out of the hands of criminals, tax evaders, and the chronically incompetent is stove-piped, fractured and inadequate.

Personally, I was surprised by this recommendation because it seems to contradict the Republican narrative for this investigation.

I really firmly believe that that's been going on, and I think that should be made statutorily illegal.

We must--and I think the committee should expand its investigation and ask and investigate, because I'm absolutely convinced that the IRS has used campaign finance reports and, in particular, donors to the Romney Presidential campaign or…

the history of anonymous free speech, of the right of people to associate, and to associate in a way in which their ideas can be put forward without retribution is, in fact, not a conservative history; in many ways it's a progressive…

I believe that the IRS, and its employees and Federal employees should be held to the same standard when they lie to us.

The American people deserve to know who ordered the targeting, when the targeting was ordered, and why.

I think you're exactly right. And so one of the key tenets here is, in fact, your ability to take your after-tax money, you've already paid your taxes, and give it to a group that's considered 'tax exempt.'

I'm not a defender of the IRS; I'm a defender of my constituents who want there to be accountability.

We need to give a--number eight--a private right of action to citizens to be able to go--to file lawsuits and to recover damages for the violation of their constitutional rights by Federal employees.

This was the targeting of the President's political enemies, effectively, and lies about it during an election year.

I think that it's really important that the IRS answer the one question, did you use, have you ever used campaign finance reports and donor information to target individuals for IRS audits?