So I must tell you: When somebody tells me to take back a piece of legislation that could have passed only if we were deluged with information that made it irresistible, if you tell me that that is the only answer, I have to tell my…

FATCA has led to a number of U.S. expatriates renouncing their citizenship.

So, if you've lived your life under that regime, knowing that there is a return, knowing that the IRS, that the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia talked about, knowing that there are financial resources, knowing that Commissioner…

I have real problems with us treating citizens of the United States who happen to live abroad differently than citizens of the United States that happen to live in the contiguous 48 or whether it's Puerto Rico or anywhere else.

But we use totally different vehicles than this particular vehicle. And so to suggest that they're one and the same would not be accurate.

Senator Rand Paul recognized an issue that was brought to him not only from his concern for freedom-loving individuals and the Constitution.

Other countries are understandably upset that we are hurting their economies and are doubly upset that we have not yet offered them access to our own taxpayer data.

FATCA also unfairly and unilaterally burdens our biggest trading partners and strongest allies.

I think most people actually agree with Mr. Kuettel. They may not be happy about their paying taxes, but they agree that it is their civic duty to do so.

My hope is that the bill we have worked on, maybe we could try to get it into the tax reform package because it's an issue, I think, that should bring right and left together.

And this hearing hopefully will provide a platform to closely examine what the Federal employee engagement and satisfaction levels are.

I'm pleased to see that a governmentwide engagement scores continue to trend positive for the second year in a row.