Jim Jordan

Do you know when the application for the Keystone pipeline was first submitted?

So they are violating the free speech of our citizens, violating their freedom of association of our citizens, violating the freedom to petition the government of our citizens, and violating I think the constitutional right against search…

Maybe it's because the White House is the same party. Right? Maybe that had--could that have anything to do with it, Mr. Koskinen?

But that's not what happened, Mr. Koskinen. The Chief Counsel at Treasury knew about it and talked to the Chief Counsel at the White House in April, right after you found out about it.

I care about the thousands of people who were denied their First Amendment rights when this targeting scheme took place.

This is ridiculous, Mr. Chairman, that we did not know this when he first knew.

At what point does it become obstruction of justice? 3 months? 4 months? 2 weeks?

Don't you think it's incumbent upon the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service when he gets a--think about this.

You would think that would be significant enough to remember how it happened.

You don't remember who came up to you and said, 'Hey, boss, we lost Lois Lerner's emails?'

You said, 'We're going to give them all to you.' Fine.

I would hope that the guy who heads the agency... would have the courage to do what 26 Democrats did 5 weeks ago and say it's time for a special prosecutor.

The fact that Barbara Bosserman, a maxed-out contributor to the President's campaign, is running this investigation is a joke.

Then they tried to spin it.

First, they denied it, Mr. Chairman.

Either way, the American people do not believe the IRS is dealing fairly with them in this investigation.

You promised to produce the documents; you did not. You promised to be forthcoming and candid; you were not.

Your agency has a set of rules for taxpayers and, apparently, another set of rules for themselves.

The American people deserve this agency, which was previously believed to be nonpartisan--they need to be able to trust that it will once again become nonpartisan, nonpolitical.

The American people have no trust in the IRS by comparison to just a few years ago.

You testified under oath in March that you would produce all of Lois Lerner's emails subpoenaed by this committee.

I subpoenaed you here tonight because, frankly, I'm sick and tired of your game-playing in response to congressional oversight.

The President proposes all kinds of things that Congress does not like. Just because he proposes it, does not mean it is constitutional.

I am talking about now though. Again, we went from $9 billion to zero to now, I think and what people in the program tell us, that they are going to receive money, so it is moving in this direction, not in the right direction for taxpayers.

I think the American people would like a special prosecutor, Director.