Cooperation, not competition, is the solution to the offshore tax abuse problem.

there is a serious problem, not just for individuals, but for corporations using foreign subsidiaries to dodge their tax responsibilities.

This hearing provides us the first opportunity to look more closely at the tools to address this issue.

Well, I couldn't agree with you more. It's not only what's illegal, but what's legal that should not be legal because it's inequitable to businesses here in the United States.

I believe the IRS should dedicate more resources to attempting to close the international tax gap.

I'm quite hopeful with some of the progress. That progress alone isn't going to solve this problem, but is certainly a step in the right direction.

This hearing deals with a very important topic to every American taxpayer, business, or individual who's playing by the rules.

if there's that much tax evasion, we don't just need a sledgehammer, we need something bigger than that, because it's very unfair.

it's hard to get a precise number.

I applaud your comments about fundamental fairness and inequity to American taxpayers and the way this jeopardizes our system.

Congress should enact and the President should sign S. 506/H.R. 1265, the Stop Tax Havens Abuse Act.

I think this is an important provision to restore tax fairness, by recognizing that if you have a shell corporation abroad, and it's really a United States company, that just having a paper certificate and a sunny tax haven, is not enough…

some proposals under discussion in Congress would incorrectly 'blacklist' the Isle of Man as an 'offshore secrecy jurisdiction' or a 'tax haven.'

You believe it would be good for the IRS to have stop tax havens adopted?

the cost of inaction, the economic cost, can be disastrous for our economy.

We would be much better off using the tax system in trying to get these moneys back into the hands of people most directly affected.

Just say no or its companion, Just say higher taxes, or its cousin, Just say higher energy cost, is not a policy.

Just relying on the goodwill of polluters at home and abroad will not solve this program, is not a solution.

Well, neither acquisition standards nor good science seems to apply there.

I agree fully with one of my Republican colleagues earlier who said that President Obama has received the strongest military in the world from President Bush.

neither acquisition standards nor good science seems to apply there.

I appreciate your efforts here and in the Armed Services Committee as well to literally get us more bang for our buck when it comes to this matter.

The Congressional Budget Office has issued a report that there is an alternative to placing permanent U.S. bases in the Czech Republic in Poland for missile defense.

Unfortunately, I think it is a much weaker military than he got from President Clinton, but nevertheless, it is and always should be the strongest military in the world.

I think that our taxpayers ought to be getting more money--more benefit from the dollars being spent there than we have.