According to The Washington Times, the per person spending, today's Washington Times indicates that it was one of the most expensive per individual.

Is it fair to say that the people who run that division would most likely be at one of those 14 conferences held by the Tax Exempt division in the time period?

this is an agency that is just out of control.

Mr. Gerard, does the Renewable Fuel Standard increase the actual cost of fuel? Yes. Economists and experts say it does.

To me, that is the $64,000 question.

I just don't know how you can say it is not severe if you don't have a definition for severe.

The only groups who were in fact targeted were conservative groups applying for 501(c)(4) status; no one else was targeted.

But if it is just we are going to tell you what we think and we don't think it is severe, well, how do we know?

It would be nice if we had something objective. It would be nice if you had something objective so we could examine and see whether it makes sense or not.

What is the definition of severe harm? Without a definition, how in the world are we going to make a determination?

Is that not severe?