Kristi Noem actually said...

"I believe it is a loss of priorities."

"You have complained today and previously several times that Congress has not given you enough money to do due diligence on customer service."

"The problem that I have today is that the IRS gets to choose where it spends some of its dollars. And it looks to me like you are purposely diverting money away from customer service to harm taxpayers..."

"We do share some information at their request when anyone is being considered for a Senate confirmation position and their tax returns have to be--those are by consent."