If you have got 99.9 percent of the workforce getting an A, I think our constituents want to know why they have to wade eight weeks to get their passport.

That's all we're talking about. They could be able to exercise their First Amendment liberty where it says Congress shall not abridge freedom of speech.

So if that's not the heavy arm of government chilling First Amendment liberties, I don't know what is.

If we repeal the Johnson administration, it would be more than churches affected, would it not, Rabbi?

This is what happens, and this is why Mr. Hice's legislation is so important, this issue is so important.

Mr. Grothman's comments about a document that is very important taking seven years to update, it is pure incompetence.

We would appreciate that, but this is when Congress first learned was on April 6 that there had been an incident.

So you are supposed to do it and you are supposed to do it within seven days. Is that accurate?

Well, that is important, right?

The American people frankly are tired of this kind of display of incompetence again.

the IRS is treating taxpayers the way they are not supposed to, and it is why this committee has been so focused on trying to clean up the mess over there and frankly I have been so focused on saying Mr. Koskinen has to go.

$30 million is a lot of money, a lot of money.

We are not going to go broke, I promise you that.

Just generally, I think we think what is the best for the customer, just doing what is right for the customer, is to let them take a bag for free, bags for free, not charge change fees, not charge cancellation fees, et cetera, et cetera.

So think about this: You are at the airport where there's all kinds of security. Individual walks up to you, flashes a badge, and says, 'Hey, can I talk to you and search your luggage?' That's going on right now in America.

the thought of that is, 'If you can control the words, you can control the thoughts; if you can control the thoughts, you can control the action.'

Maybe so, but we'd also like to see the guidelines on another area of you guys' activity that has real concerns.

How is it sensitive when you don't have the names of the informants and locations of the informants? What's sensitive?

I mean, that's the concern here. So I'm glad the chairman, and I'm glad the ranking member supports the chairman in getting this information to us, at least on the confidential informants.

We want the document. We want the guidelines so we can see what's going on here.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I'll be real brief. I just wanted to thank you for this hearing and your continued focus on privacy, particularly in this digital age which we find ourselves a part of.

I don't trust the Federal Government. I don't believe that there is such a thing where they can keep all of this information locked down and secure.

No. I said the president did a great job and I appreciate the president, but the bill is still bad.

I appreciate the indulgence.

I want to just thank the chairman for helping us put this important hearing together.