Mike Lee actually said...

In your testimony you note that we have a statutory directive that exists under current law that all patents are to be presumed valid.

Lee highlights the legal presumption of patent validity in his questioning.

07/22/2013

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The IRS doesn't deserve the presumption it's going to do the right thing all the time.

That's right. I see my time's expired.

If this isn't evidence of an overwhelmingly progressive federal tax system currently in place, I don't know what would be.

It's a disingenuous claim that's used as justification for pursuing historic expansion of federal spending.