I thank the gentleman. I thank you for your leadership. Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to stand here in support of this legislation--good legislation--that will help people in my district in Michigan, a hard-hit State because of economic…

It is an important issue, but I guess concern using 11-year-old data on this issue, and Mr. White is concerned.

I think the openness, whether we agree or disagree, whether we have some efforts to work for compromise, it is always good to communicate.

I would hope that there would be a willingness to open up to expand the amount of testimony questioning time in this process.

How can regulation propose to regulate what cannot be accurately measured?

Can you give us assurances here and now that the IRS is no longer targeting conservatives or treating conservative groups differently than any other applicants?

Well, they ought to feel that way, because they were asked and they were put in situations that didn't allow them to do the job that they are expected to do but, rather, to target conservative groups.

But was his statement accurate?

The American people expect better.

OFCCP interference in TRICARE must stop.

As a result of the department's policy, veterans, servicemembers, and their families will lose access to care; maybe not now, but soon.