"American farmers and ranchers are extremely frustrated with China's unjustified barriers that they put up for our Ag products."
"It is interesting; for my producers in South Dakota that are involved in agriculture, we sell 11½ times more goods to countries where we have trade agreements than to those countries that we don't hav..."
"And so we have come back and asked for those documents, and you told us that it would be unmanageable to look for those emails between the IRS and the White House."
"And I do believe you are mandated to supply information to this committee as well."
"I agree with that, as well. So I appreciate that that is a part of these negotiations that are ongoing within TPP"
"I believe that is down to almost 10 percent of the account. And it was directly chosen by you to do that at a time when you come before our committee and you come before many other places around town ..."
"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."
"It is a very important hearing, specifically, because not only are we looking at our programs, but then we are trying to identify some solutions, and then hold the programs accountable to those soluti..."