I would like to provide a little context for today's hearing.

Koskinen, what part of all don't you and the IRS understand?

Get on the job. Put some more lawyers on this.

Give us every one of Lois Lerner's emails as soon as possible.

You are obligated to look at all those comments.

These are inappropriate criteria and questions that were sent out to Tea Party groups.

Is it fair to say the vast majority of those comments are negative?

Tea Party matter very dangerous. Cinci should probably not have these cases.

Lois Lerner, who did this project from the pressure from the President and Democrat senators.

It seems to me either it is plagiarism or it contradicts what you told me earlier.

This reminds me of when I was in grade school and the teachers told us you shouldn't plagiarize, so you change a few words and basically plagiarize.

I think the vast majority of people who were harassed over the last three years would agree with my position.

What do you think voter guides are about? They are about issues.

The idea that conservative groups were not targeted when there was a specific list, called the Bolo List, which had these terms on it: 9/12, Tea Party, and patriot, and somehow that was not targeting just dismisses the facts that I think…

Well said, Mr. Dickerson. That is why freedom of assembly and freedom of speech are in the same darn amendment; they are very, very important.

I have introduced the Open Act, which would require both corporations and unions to disclose their political spending to shareholders and members.

What is being stifled, what is being attempted to be stifled is stifling your freedom to find out where the money behind political campaigns is coming from.

The facts do not support any of the allegation the ranking member made in his opening statement.

This may be a subcommittee hearing, but this is one of the most important hearings we will do this year.

It is counterproductive to demand that the proposed rule be withdrawn, especially in light of the very real and clear need for more guidance on the issue.

This is an attempt to crack down on transparency in American elections.

Was it dark money that funded the Federalist papers? I mean, this is ridiculous.

the smoking gun in the targeting of conservative groups has been hiding in plain sight...

I think you get harassed. I think you received the treatment you did, I think Ms. Engelbrecht received the treatment she did because you are effective.

I think about, in Ohio, our primary election is in early May, and on tax day, if a Tea Party organization wants to have me come speak at their event, they would be in the same boat. Same kind of thing. Again, just how ridiculous this rule…