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Jim Jordan

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Jim Jordan is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. Representative for Ohio's 4th congressional district since 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he is known for his strong conservative stance and is a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, which advocates for limited government and fiscal responsibility. Throughout his tenure, Jordan has been involved in various legislative efforts and has gained prominence for his role in high-profile investigations and oversight hearings.

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Jul 8, 2014

Here's the takeaway: Nine days after the IRS knows they're in trouble, Lois Lerner is trying to cover her tracks.

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Jul 8, 2014

We want to get to the truth as quickly as possible.

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Jul 8, 2014

We want this to happen this month.

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Jul 8, 2014

They had a duty to produce the documents that we actually subpoenaed.

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Jul 8, 2014

What kind of investigation is going on when the FBI won't even talk to the head of the agency that has this kind of stuff going on with their email exchange and won't talk to the agency that lost key evidence in an investigation that's…

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Jul 8, 2014

We're all fine with that, but there is no reason we can't run our investigation at the same time he's running his.

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Jul 8, 2014

Lois Lerner was not trying to destroy email.

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Jul 8, 2014

That's what just bothers every single American, Mr. Chairman.

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Jul 8, 2014

Thirty-one days after this email happens, she goes to a Bar Association speech and blames some good public servants in Cincinnati, says that's where the problem is, lies to the American people.

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Jul 8, 2014

They had a duty to disclose once they knew that they didn't preserve and couldn't produce.

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Jun 24, 2014

Have you had conversations with the State Department about the Keystone pipeline?

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Jun 24, 2014

But don't you have a critical part in the ultimate decision?

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Jun 24, 2014

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

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Jun 24, 2014

And your comments were clear back in 2011.

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Jun 23, 2014

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…

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Jun 22, 2014

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?

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Jun 22, 2014

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

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Jun 22, 2014

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

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Jun 22, 2014

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

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Jun 22, 2014

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.

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Jun 22, 2014

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

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Jun 22, 2014

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

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Jun 22, 2014

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

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Jun 22, 2014

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.

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