I need to know that another act of Congress would actually be taken seriously and be followed exactly as the law says.

So social welfare organizations must exclusively promote social welfare under Federal law but, instead, they are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on political campaign activity while keeping their donors secret.

Under Federal statute, charities cannot engage in any political activity, correct?

I have to tell you I don't understand that because the law is clear.

I am going to take something the chairman said, and I hope he doesn't mind, and use it out of context. So all means all. I am going to go back to none means none.

And political campaign activities are not a (c)(4) social welfare, not part of their mission, correct?

I disagree that there ought to, still, be any effort not to hold them accountable based on what the Federal law says.

I cannot imagine the pain of losing a family member or a loved one in this kind of an incident.

And how often are those reports or suggestions, is that annually? Do you do it quarterly, and I would suggest that we have more access to that kind of information in this committee, Mr. Chairman.

But that information is available quarterly, or do you do kind of an annual report?

And given that each one of these tragedies is very difficult to accept, we want to absolutely evaluate it in the context of mitigating for the future but also supporting men and women and, again, the family members who suffer these kinds…

the Department of Defense has an obligation to do absolutely everything that it possibly can do to be open, transparent, comforting, supportive.

Can you give me some specifics. So that is going to be counseling? Are there therapeutic services, an opportunity for suggestions about how to improve those processes, involvement in the services to the highest degree possible?

Sometimes. In any event, Mr. Chairman, thank you for that.

I look forward to many more hearings like this and finding real areas of cooperation.

Some may think that tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires are unnecessary.

We need this committee to put forward a bipartisan, low-hanging fruit bill every year.

I can't imagine anyone is going to disagree that paying $900 for a hammer is a good idea.

I'm confident that we can move these issues forward in a bipartisan way.

The Affordable Care Act at least tries to level that in many ways, but I am one of those policy makers that think we need to go do a lot more.

I think I can be qualified as a health care expert for three reasons. I am a patient.

I really appreciate this hearing. I think it is demonstrating on both sides of the aisle these principles: one, the healthcare system is incredibly complicated...

I would submit that if any of you have--does anybody on the panel have a family member on Medicare or Medicaid?

This is a committee whose job it is to improve the effectiveness of government and be clear about accountability in all facets.

I expect government programs to work, and I want to ferret out folks who are taking advantage at any level.