Political Quotes

“I want to take a moment just to respond to some of the comments that my friend on the other side made. First of all, there are three ongoing investigations that are incomplete. There is the congressional investigation being conducted by multiple committees, incomplete; there is the inspector general investigation, still incomplete and ongoing; and there is a third, a criminal investigation. I ask, first off, the question: Why start regulating now when we don't have all the information? Let's let all this go to conclusion and then institute the proper reforms. I want to point out that in its report on targeting, the inspector general recommended the Treasury and the IRS provide guidance on how to measure political activity--not what constitutes political activity, how to measure it. The proposed rule has been in development since 2011. Internal IRS emails between Treasury and IRS show that they were developing the rule off plan--off plan. That means beyond the sunshine of disclosure and out in the open--off plan. What do they have to hide? Why are they doing this? And this is actually before all the allegations came out. Then, when asked at the markup of H.R.…”