Peter Roskam

We think that you have created a straw man.

The $60 million could have handled 7.2 million in calls.

If it is undermined in any way, then it begins to collapse in on itself.

We need to defend a voluntary system.

But, time and again, we see more focus on sound bites than substance.

While my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have voted to repeal the health care law dozens of times, not once have ever provided any type of replacement in lieu of the ACA.

Honestly, does anyone think if a Republican wins the White House in 2016 and they keep control of the Congress that the Republicans will rewrite the Tax Code and actually eliminate the IRS?

At some point, the IRS just became the preferred scapegoat of all problems in our country.

Obviously, the American people have the right to expect excellence from their government, including the Internal Revenue Service.

I have a riddle for you: What is it that brings together the American Civil Liberties Union, Americans for Prosperity, the Human Rights Campaign, and the Tea Party Patriots all under one tent? Mr. Speaker, it is the Fair Treatment for All…

We have prayer meetings. And the IRS said: In writing, under penalty of perjury, tell us about your prayer meetings. The hair on the back of my neck is tingling at this moment as I am describing this to you because it is so scandalous.

I thank Chairman Ryan for yielding. Congressman Holding's idea is a great idea, and we should enact it with dispatch and get it done with. And the reason is, according to the IRS, their 2014 data book--this is published by the Internal…

I thank the chairman for yielding. This is a classic example of the IRS basically putting the American taxpayers in a nice little cul de sac. They would come in; you would have a process, and they would review something and so forth and so…

You are noticing a theme here, and that is intimidation and impunity. That is a bad combination when a culture of impunity develops and an agency says: We can do what we want, when we want, and how we want to; and we can intimidate who we…

I thank the chairman for yielding. One of the questions I get at home a lot is: How did the Lois Lerner scandal happen? How did it come to pass that that happened, and how do you make sure that it doesn't happen again? Mr. Marchant's bill…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Speaker, I want to associate myself with the remarks of the ranking member, which are that the American public has an expectation that they are going to be treated with respect and with dignity. With that, I…

Concerns about rising premiums have been totally unfounded.

Our reality today under the ACA is very different than what was promised. Over the last 4 years, our insurance premiums have risen 60 percent.

Serving in the House of Representatives I think is some of the most interesting work I have ever done in my life.

I thank the gentlelady for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, do you notice something? Did you notice that, as Speaker and the person who is presiding over this Chamber today, oftentimes you hear a great deal of difficulty between the two…

So they are upping the ante because you talked to the press?

Never audited before. Now you have come under their scrutiny.

I looked at the affidavit that was sworn out in her case, and I am amazed at how de minimis these claims are.

So what equitable sharing is, it means when the Government seizes property and there is participation by State and local officers...

It is not complicated. I don't think your calculation is off.