Why, then, isn't the IRS enforcing this residency rule?

the IRS has been used as a political weapon. And that is just outrageous.

why doesn't the IRS target fraud and abuse instead of Americans for their beliefs?

The American people want, need, and deserve to know the truth, and I hope we get it.

the IRS could be doing a better job protecting taxpayer dollars.

I think we have to do something to get the rising cost of Medicare under control.

Well, my impression is people don't want to spend more money on health care than they already are and that is what I am afraid is going to happen.

We can and must achieve the results taxpayers expect for those with disabilities that they deserve.

It's just plain wrong that those receiving disability benefits who want to work are sentenced to a lifetime of near poverty with no way out. Social Security's return-to-work efforts are simply failing do their job of helping our fellow…

Chairman Johnson Announces Hearing on Encouraging Work Through the Social Security Disability Insurance Program

The pattern of intimidation toward certain Americans is, quite frankly, in my view, un-American. The bottom line is the IRS has been used as a political weapon.

That is absurd. It has been nearly 3 years.

The American people want, need, and deserve to know the truth, and it is our responsibility to demand it and hold those responsible fully accountable.

U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, today announced the third in a series of hearings on the President's and other bipartisan entitlement reform proposals.

Workers have earned the right to a secure retirement that no one can take away, yet unless Congress acts to protect and preserve Social Security, beginning in 2033, Social Security will be unable to pay full benefits, according to the…

America's workers deserve much better than that.

But in America, at least the America I know and love, we can rise to this challenge.

Fixing Social Security is a serious challenge. If we wait, it will become a crisis.

The vast majority of Americans are there.

At this hearing we will carefully examine the impacts of bipartisan proposals to adjust benefits for future beneficiaries.

So I ask you, where shall we start as we think about how to address Social Security's challenges in the future?

That to me is discouraging, and that is certainly not the America I grew up in.

Congress has been raising taxes on workers since the beginning of the program, and it still hasn't worked.

I am especially interested in your assessment that small practices could do well in your payment system.

We need to make sure that we all face the challenges that Social Security will encounter together.