Penalizing people for working is not compassionate. We need to rethink and restructure the way we administer our social safety nets so that we are actually empowering people rather than dooming them to dependency.

I ask unanimous consent that this letter and the IRS's response be submitted into the record.

Senator Ron Johnson has recently introduced companion legislation in the Senate.

I sent a letter to the IRS Commissioner asking what authority his agency had to unilaterally alter the Affordable Care Act.

Unfortunately, it has become undeniably evident that the Affordable Care Act falls short on both of these principles.

I firmly believe the actions by the IRS set a dangerous precedent that flies in the face of our Constitutional separation of powers.

We have, unfortunately, lost the confidence of the American people as a Congress.

It doesn't matter whether they are Republicans or they are Democrats. Only 7 percent approve of the job we are doing.

Rather than blame people, let's learn from our mistakes.

I would dispute the fact that we have been told that this is an exercise in futility or an unnecessary hearing.

It has done nothing but create more and more uncertainty.

The majority of the people don't want it.

This is a law that the American people did not ask for, they didn't want, and they can't afford.

I think there are several doctors here and doctors across the country that clearly oppose it.

Clearly that is not right.

A simplistic approach of targeting one industry for a complicated issue like obesity simply will not work.

The reality of what is happening today is that this idea of an efficient, effective government that should work for us is actually working against us.

How demoralized do your workers feel when this current administration puts out stimulus money in the name of job creation and then your workers see ads on TV attacking the very product that they produce and count on for their livelihood?

taxpayer funded ads attacking our products is unacceptable.

One of the primary reasons I chose to run for Congress two years ago is that I discovered that people had lost faith in the federal government.

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

It is no doubt more difficult in today's society with all the things that have been mentioned here to create a business. And as a country, we need to be moving in exactly the opposite direction.

I think that there is not anyone sitting up here that can't agree that it is an abysmal failure in terms of economics.

what kind of education are you going to get at that school?

What do you think the impact is going to be as we see this trend moving forward?