John Mica

There should be some relief, particularly if you can realize that asset is back in the Federal domain later on.

I mean, how about some time? I mean, it is almost a joke.

The Old Post Office in Washington, D.C. We reached an agreement with a private sector partner to restore this 114-year-old building with $200 million in private sector capital.

We have lots of assets in the north and those people are now in the south.

Security improvements in our diplomatic posts. There have been a host of groups investigating, reporting and they've said that certain things need to be done.

Well, someone failed in Benghazi, and I'm told that it was high on the list, that the proper attention was not paid to making certain it had the protections.

But it had American personnel and it also posed a risk. Diplomatic security was also responsible for the security of the personnel there.

There is a canyon of disbelief and a lack of credibility the size of the Grand Canyon when it comes to the general public and the IRS operations right now.

I have been unhappy and I don't think we have a good story thus far on EITC improper payments.

I think we have a good story on identity theft and refund fraud.

I think we need to get someone in there immediately, if not sooner, and see if that can't be corrected.

If I was losing 25 percent in improper payments, I would have someone come in and give me an analysis.

I don't have the greatest faith, based on our most recent hearings, in your technical capability as far as computers and data.

I couldn't function. I would have to close down my business if I had a 20--close to 25 percent error rate on payments.

We have had two large dumps from the IRS in the targeting of conservatives that have occurred in the last few days.

Reagan is doing back flips in his tomb to find out that the program that he championed, Earned Income Tax Credit, had a 25 percent error rate.

Taxpayer Advocate Service, which provides assistance to victims, has seen a 650 percent increase in cases from 2008 to 2012.

That one knocked me off my chair when I heard that.

I would have every reason to believe that some of the improper payment data that you are bringing forward is not totally correct or valid.

Again, I am very skeptical about spending billions.

I mean, you can't possibly do these returns and some guy, you know, with his spectacles looking at....

I don't see a problem with those requests.

Right now about 25 percent of the Earned Income Tax Credit requests that are put into IRS are improperly paid.

Something has got to be done to get this under control, period.

We reduced expenditures in IRS, from 2010 to 2012, 87 percent in conference spending.