Pete Sessions: “I appreciate the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Stivers), who is a member of the Rules Committee, for not only yielding me the…”

“I appreciate the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Stivers), who is a member of the Rules Committee, for not only yielding me the time, but also for the service that he gives to the Rules Committee, the hours of deliberate work, reading, and thought process. I also want to address, if I can, as the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Stivers) did, with great admiration not only to Judge Hastings for always constantly staying with issues and ideas that not only affect his district in Florida, but that really address the entire country. I was delighted yesterday when the gentleman brought up in a most thoughtful, genuine way: Where is the answer to these important questions? What we are here today, Mr. Speaker, to do is--as the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Stivers) talked about, we are here to have, I think, once again a thoughtful debate about some problems that we think we see. The role of the United States Congress, on behalf of the American people, is to make sure that we provide proper oversight, that we fund well and faithfully the running of the government. As we see things that happen from time to time, it is our role to make sure that we are providing the debate, the argument, the facts of the case, and that is what we are doing today about the IRS. The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Stivers) did talk about H.R. 4885, IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending Act. There is more to the story about fees that are being collected by the IRS.…”