James Lankford

On day one, Marilyn Tavenner is signing a document saying, there are risks that are out there.

Around 5 million people have received a cancellation letter.

I would like to bring up my support for this bill but also to be able to talk about the limited funds that the Corps of Engineers have. They have very limited funds because the United States of America obviously has limited funds, what we…

We would--if we can get--any guess on timing when we get that, because they've asked for months for clarification on that?

If an employer does not provide healthcare at all to an employee, if an employer provides full healthcare, everything, except some of the things on the preventative services list that's been identified by HHS, that penalty, if I'm reading…

So is Treasury notified at some point to stop doing payments?

The administration made the decision, business mandate, we are not going to do it this year...

So, right now, the IRS is fully prepared to be able to do what it needs to do?

Create this sense that the only way American economy is going to move forward, is if we create more green jobs, I think begs the question of--we need to create more jobs, period, to have a growing economy.

My own request to joint tax evaluates we do this another 5 years, it's another $18 billion in costs.

Every one of these industries has a tremendous amount of entrepreneurial risk, and when they take the risk, it pays off for them

We need to look at these industries who have historically gotten special exemptions, tax breaks, and other subsidies

But that is true, they are going to always be partnered with. They can't be just be a standalone consistent power source.

I think the IRS has done exactly what it should do, which is you, the Congress, didn't give them a specific date.

Americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them.

We exist to secure two fundamental principles: First, Americans have the right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent.

We have the responsibility on this dais to also do budgeting.

Some level of continuous--I am assuming they are going to have some kind of level of continuous construction.

Listening to opening statements could not have been more different, and I'm looking forward to the dialogue on that.

Our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers because taxpayers do have the right to know what they get from their government.

To be able to get all that done.

So when the rule was changed in 2008, no one went back and confirmed it and said, hey, we need to get all of this paperwork cleaned up; we have a gap in the file----

And someone's watching how this is being spent.

That is frustrating for the people that are working there and that are doing their job.

I completely associate myself with the comments that the gentlelady just made, Ms. Speier.