Ron Wyden actually said...

"What kind of a message would it send for the IRS not to pursue evidence of the law being violated by a high government official?"

"I hope you will do that first, rather than continue on other matters that might make for good publicity but do not really deal with the guts of what our economy needs."

"If confirmed, you have some heavy lifting to do because, after all the ballyhoo about how the administration was going to get taxes on a postcard..."

"Mr. Chairman, I think both of us went about a minute or so over. Could Senator Menendez just have that too?"