Political Quotes

“I welcome the opportunity to debate tax reform, but it is obvious to me that the gentleman hasn't read the bill yet, and I think you should read the bill before you debate tax reform. That will come on another day. But I want to get back to why we are here today. I want to point out that this is a bipartisan IRS investigation by Congress. I want to also point out, in that regard, that the Ways and Means Committee document requests are bipartisan joint requests from Chairman Camp and Ranking Member Levin. Ranking Member Levin also admits that the investigation is incomplete. So we have to get down to the bottom of this and let this investigation be done. The American people deserve to know what the truth is before we start issuing new law or having new regulations issued by the executive branch which will have the chilling effect of infringing on First Amendment rights. One of the previous speakers on the other side mentioned the IRS spending money and manpower on this investigation. Yes, the IRS also spent $40 million on conferences over the period of the targeting. {time} 1500 One conference alone cost $4.1 million--waste. In 2012, the IRS spent $21.6 million on union activity--taxpayer dollars on union activity. Explain that to the taxpayer. The IRS also spends about $5 million annually on its full-service production studio in New Carrollton, Maryland.…”