Peter Roskam

Did you prepare in any way for this hearing?

You don't mean to tell me that you have to violate the Constitution in order to get this done.

Thank you, Commissioner.

Good fences make good neighbors.

I think I am the last speaker on this side, so I am prepared to close, but I will defer to the gentleman from Michigan if he wants to wind it up. I reserve the balance of my time.

Reclaiming my time, I agree. I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Black) to give us more insight.

One quick point. The gentleman said that it was a practical tool for auditing, and yet there was a lawsuit recently where the attorney general of California tried to disclose the Schedule B information. The Federal judge who struck down…

The Administration recognizes that we have an incredible problem here.

That is not good enough. It is obtuse, it is evasive, it is condescending--not to us, but it is condescending to these people.

Can we have the answer by the end of the week?

It is scandalous, it is outrageous, and yet the remedy of this is, 'Make it go away.'

If this were our kids or our grandkids, if this was one of your kids or my kids, we would be scandalized, we would be outraged, and this wouldn't happen.

Dissipated into the system? What does that mean? Because if my constituents spend tax money that they owe the government, what does the government do? The government takes their house and puts them in prison.

Fantastic. Thank you. That is helpful, and I appreciate that.

Okay. That is not my question.

Thank you, Mr. Kelly.

I want to thank the panel for your testimony today.

I think the character of our government should be that we would find a way to make sure that we don't leave any citizens with the feeling that they have been violated by their government.

I think it is important to give the Criminal Investigations of the IRS the resources it needs, as well as accountability.

I am more fearful of you now than I was when I walked into the room.

Who lays awake at night thinking about, 'Hmm, how can we stick it to people and not give them information to which they are entitled?'

Good grief. I mean, the pattern that they have run these folks through, they are just overlaying this pattern on FOIA requests.

We are on your side. We are rooting for you. We are on your team.

It absolutely is, and legislation is imminent.

It is amazing that people have what faith they do in the government.