Peter Roskam

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.

It is absolutely unacceptable. It is absolutely ridiculous. And no American should ever be treated that poorly by their government in any situation.

The IRS needs to give back money back that it took before its policy change.

The IRS would not take that money today. They admitted they were wrong when they changed their policies.

Thank you, Mr. Lewis. You have admonished this committee to do more and we intend to do more.

Some businesses have insurance policies that only protect cash on hand up to $10,000.

The IRS has used a law that is meant to catch drug runners and terrorists, and instead they have used it to punish farmers and small-business owners.

The law must be obeyed. But in a just government, and in a government that has a department named the Department of Justice, and a government of limited resources, we know that Federal agents and prosecutors must choose which violations to…

Private citizens should have the ability to do that.

I want to associate myself with some of the remarks that Mr. Rangel made a minute ago in his interaction with Governor Engler.