This is the United States of America. Every single person on this dais, if they have ever hired anybody and ran anything, has fired somebody, and just because we have some bad apples that don't do the right things does not mean that we stop operating.
Elijah Cummings: “This is the United States of America. Every single person on this dais, if they have ever hired anybody and ran…”
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Cummings emphasizes the need to continue operations despite issues within the IRS.
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