"The IRS's goal of improving services, making voluntary compliance easier, and enforcing the laws to ensure that everyone pays their fair share of taxes, is all laudable."
"I was very pleased to see the Congress address some of the uncertainty by passing legislation to repeal the costly and unprecedented 1099 tax reporting mandate in the new healthcare law."
"Timeframe wise, for implementation of ACA, what happens incrementally between now and 2014, or, its full implementation?"
"The idea that you can't go to your hometown banker and get a home loan is trouble--is hugely troublesome to me."
"I would say--and I'm not necessarily here advocating for my bankers; I'm here advocating for what I think is important to the economy in putting people to work is banks that can make loans."
"There are bad consequences--you certainly described one scenario of events, but there's another scenario that will come if we do not respond appropriately, responsibly, to the ever increasing debt."
"There's no need for additional--authority, statutory authority, or--you have the tools that you need?"
"It's no longer worth the regulatory cost, the fingerprinting of my employees, to make a loan to somebody who lives in our town."
"Americans are looking for leadership in Washington to confront the problems we face today and not to push them on to future generations."
"It's very hard to fight the word 'bureaucracy.' But, if we can have the specific examples of the rules and regulations or the enforcement action that make no sense, we can address those individually."
"I did want to make certain that you understand the importance of enforcement--strict and strong enforcement--of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions and Accountability Act."