Political Quotes

“Having heard the gentlewoman's concerns, and it is obvious we are on the same song sheet, maybe saying it in a different verse, but nevertheless for the IG to be effective those reports have to be read, they have to be understood, and they have to be implemented, and that is the message we were trying to send to IRS, and I am very pleased that Ways and Means has similar concerns. As a result, I am going to urge people to support the gentlewoman's amendment. But I think we want to put everybody on notice that we are going to watch this, we are going to continue to monitor, and no more will we have IG reports go into the round file 13. People are going to act on them as they should. That is why we are paying people to do that kind of work, and that is what they are there for. The IG has been doing a good job. The reports have just been ignored.”