"Because the American people right now do not believe or trust that, in fact, we are getting the honest answer from the IRS."
"Mr. Ferriero, Mr. Wester, I am even more delighted that you are partners in us trying to bring a level of accountability to the Federal Government."
"When you give to a 501(c)(4), you do so without a tax deduction."
"There is really two committees times two sides of the Capitol."
"We wanted all her emails, while the IRS continued to, as you said it, slowly go through these search terms."
"What we wanted was Lois Lerner's emails, and you never went and looked for them for the rest of your time."
"I issued a subpoena, and item one on my subpoena said all documents on Lois Lerner, all her emails."
"The fact is that corporations in America, if they take in, let's just say that they're providing a computer service, if they take in a million dollars and they spend a million dollars doing support an..."
"I believe respect includes asking a question and then allowing a witness to fully answer the question and not cutting them off."
"I quite honestly do not understand how Chairman Issa was able to rush to issue this subpoena..."
"I checked with Congressman Gowdy, who has a lot more knowledge of law as a prosecutor than I do."