Thank you, Mr. Pocan. I want to say, at the outset, that I was impressed with the colloquy that you had with our colleague from California (Mr. George Miller), and I wish to associate myself with those comments. They were very well-taken…

I am not afflicted with the decades inside the Beltway that many of my brothers and sisters are afflicted with.

Madam Chairman, this bill is being brought to the floor during this week that has been labeled ``stop government abuse week.'' I am here to say that this is a bill that has some stopping power, all right. It would stop the government from…

I think that is worth looking into. I think you make some sensible comments.

I think we are in agreement that there has to be control over the dark money.

What we are up to right now is trying to craft a rule that answers what everybody has been screaming about on Capitol Hill.

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva). I rise today to express my opposition to H.R. 2954, the mistitled Public Access and Lands Improvement Act. Rather than improving our Nation's lands, this bill negatively…

The committee's 10-month-long investigation has uncovered no evidence to support claims that the IRS was targeting any groups for political reasons.

I also am deeply troubled regarding IRS employees' improper handling of applications for tax-exempt status.

It is the policy of Congress that employees should be encouraged to exercise fully, freely, and without fear of penalty or reprisal, and to the extent not expressly prohibited by law, their right to participate or to refrain from…

Calling this kind of one-sided hearing and making false legal allegations, attacking the credibility of career Federal employees falls well short of that standard.