The agency is obligated to spend its nearly $12 billion budget wisely.

I am concerned about the agency's ability to effectively deter waste, fraud, and identity theft.

The IRS has a long way to go in restoring public trust after the unprecedented targeting scandal.

The committee's investigation of targeting has yielded a number of insights into operations during that timeframe of the Exempt Organizations Division.

There are a lot of hard-working people at the IRS. They do their jobs day in and day out.

Congress can help us on both refund fraud and EITC by enacting several proposals in this year's budget for the IRS.

I applaud Chairman Brady's leadership on this issue. He has been instrumental in getting us to this point. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this bill after 3 long years of working on the policy to actually get to a bipartisan, bicameral…

It is widely acknowledged, and we agree that a key economic policy is moving forward on trade.

I would, first off, mention that the regulation does not mention donors. Secondly, I would like to point out that the ACLU itself said these requirements ``will pose insurmountable compliance issues that go beyond practicality and raise…

Let me simply close this debate by saying that, throughout all of this vigorous discussion, we want to make clear that this bill just simply asks for a 1-year delay in the implementation of this rule to allow ample time for Congress to…

There is no denying that we may need reforms in this. There has been a lot of debate about this. The gentleman from California and I have had those kinds of conversations. But I would point out that the investigations are not complete, and…

How much time remains? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Louisiana has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from New York has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.

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…

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…

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cantor), the majority leader of the House.

In the Nation Magazine, Nan Aron of the liberal judicial lobby, the Alliance for Justice, writes: 501(c)(4)'s are made up of over 86,000 mostly small organizations nationwide that are active participants in civic life. They were not…

I thank the chairman for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 3521. I want to applaud Chairman Jeff Miller and the chairman of the Budget Committee, Paul Ryan, and their respective staffs on the House Veterans'…

As dean of the Louisiana delegation, I would like to welcome Louisiana's newest Congressman, Vance McAllister, of the Fifth Congressional District. Vance is a resident of Swartz, Louisiana, and has been married for 15 years to Kelly. They…

I yield to the statesman from Louisiana, Mr. Vance M. McAllister. Mr. McALLISTER. First, let me just say thank you. What an honor it is to be part of such an elite group, as well as the many people that walked before us in these Halls of…

I am certainly aware of the problems attendant with this law.

ObamaCare is massively flawed and that's why it needs to be repealed or replaced with sensible reforms. Now after 3 years, some very smart administration lawyers have come to the conclusion that the employer mandate is too complex and it…

This is a fiscally responsible bill. It cuts $2.9 billion below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and it is $4.1 billion below the President's request. That is an impressive achievement working in this very difficult fiscal environment…

I want to shift gears for a moment and talk about the bonuses that have been distributed.

You can put a freeze on it now. Put a freeze on these bonuses.

The trust with the American people has been broken.