Rob Portman

I think we deserve answers, not for us, again, but for the American people and those who were subject to this inappropriate targeting.

Our letter asked for the IRS to give us assurance that this recent string of inquiries is consistent with the IRS's treatment of tax-exempt organizations across the political spectrum.

Did you think the allegations described in the letter, what we called the serious implications of discriminatory enforcement were alarming?

The outrage being expressed was that, at the very least, the IRS ought to have an even-handed and a fair administration of our tax laws.

I think the American people would like to know how broken our tax system is.

We want to reform this Tax Code so you do not have to mess with all this stuff.

You need more engineers, you need more innovators.

I would suggest you come up with that number. I know it is not easy, but it is probably 40 percent of your workforce, something like that, in the United States, and it is a huge boon to us.

I am getting to that. You are ahead of me, Mr. Oppenheimer.

If we do not, we are going to continue to lose opportunities, and I think our guiding principle should be how do we create competitiveness.

Eighty percent of our world's purchasing power now lies beyond our borders, and so a key strategy to grow jobs here at home is by tapping into that.

We are now living with an international Tax Code that is a relic of the 1960s.

They are headquartered in South Korea that has as top corporate tax rate of 24 percent, which is 15 points lower than the U.S. corporate tax rate of 39.5 percent.

No other nation in the world imposes such a high barrier to bringing foreign earnings home as the United States.

We have to reform this Code, and if we do not do that, our companies will continue to be uncompetitive.

So it sounds like all the tax planning discussed at the hearing today ultimately resulted last year in nothing more than the same global tax rate as your main foreign competitor.

I want to thank you all for what you are doing to promote transparency and sunlight being the best disinfectant.

Listen, I am over time. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Chairman, thanks for your courage in taking on this issue as a Democrat.

I believe this is totally unacceptable. We should have information we need to hold the Federal Government accountable.

This expansion of USASpending.gov will allow policy makers and the public to actually track from start to finish Federal funds more clearly.

The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, or DATA, that is what this act will do.

We are entering into an era here where we are going to be having tighter budgets

Enjoyed the opportunity to discuss the importance of democracy for a strong and free society and the many challenges both of our countries face in an ever changing world.

This is again, to build a memorial to commemorate the mission of the Peace Corps here in Washington, DC, on Federal land.