Joe Crowley

Clearly, employers view providing health insurance as good for business and will continue to do so.

the Nurse Family Partnership is the kind of program that has been proven to get results.

I believe that most employers will continue to offer health insurance coverage.

This is a tangible success, and proof that all the doom and gloom of my colleagues on the other side is not likely to come to pass.

So, yes, I agree that there is a culture of intimidation going on, but it is not by the White House, it is by my Republican colleagues.

After the first hearing on the IRS which we had on this Committee, the Chair highlighted 'a culture of intimidation.'

Where is the outrage, Mr. Chairman?

I will point out in this May 21 testimony of Holly Paz, who was interviewed by the Committee...

We need to be a committee of facts and not a witch hunt if we plan to get to the bottom of the investigation.

I don't believe so, Ms. Randolph. I think what you are doing is more than admirable; it is heroic.

When did the word 'welfare' become so maligned? When did it become a negative and a pejorative?

So it seems that we are talking about programs that not only strengthen the individual but strengthen all of us, lift all boats, and also improves the overall economy of our country.

I hope that the benefits of these valuable programs and the very real need for these resources are not overlooked in a rush to claim credit for cutting so-called 'welfare.'

It is a pleasure to have you here before us this afternoon, and congratulations to you on all your success.

No American should be targeted by the government for their personal views.

You and so many other groups, conservative and progressive alike, targeted by the IRS are the victims.

Do you really think that if there was evidence of political targeting at the highest levels of our government during an election year, that Members of Congress, like Chairman Issa, would have sat quietly and not brought this to the…

There is no evidence tying this to the White House.

Rather, instead of making this about ideological groups, we Democrats want to make this hearing about the facts.

Your audit, your findings are that no outside groups were involved, correct?

I don't believe nor do any of my colleagues believe that any organization, political organization, should be targeted solely because of their thought.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 221, nays 207, not voting 4, as follows: [Roll No. 142]…

I have reservations about the constitutionality of this amendment. What I will say is I would gladly give my pay if it meant that these guys don't get paid. I will give my salaries to the defenders of this country, the men and women who…

I would urge the IRS to undertake an investigation immediately into this sector to ensure that when corporations pay their dues to these chambers of commerce, that there is an accounting of the receipts of these business leagues to ensure…

I am concerned that some of these business chambers are skirting Federal tax laws and putting their corporate Members and the American job creators in legal jeopardy with the IRS to push a certain partisan viewpoint that doesn't reflect…