Mitt Romney

The idea that we are using this money for fraud, is just simply outrageous.

Yes. Americans are not stupid. If we are handing out free money, they will be willing to take some.

I applaud the efforts that were carried out then as I do today, but it has become clear, particularly as a result of the work that you all have done, that the oversight of funds tied to the CARES Act and other COVID relief legislation was…

It's a Democrat, excuse me demagogue approach, which is I think designed to say hey, we want to get people to vote for us because we're going to promise them they can cheat in their taxes because there won't be any audits.

Taking taxes to zero is not going to get us more revenue.

There's a quote I love, by I think it's H.L. Mencken, who said 'for every complex problem there's an answer that's simple, clear, and wrong.'

I think it's nuts to somehow think that getting rid of auditors is going to save us money.

It's a Democrat, excuse me demagogue approach, which is I think designed to say hey, we want to get people to vote for us because we're going to promise them they can cheat in their taxes because there won't be any audits.

I would also strongly believe that putting in place systems makes a lot of sense.

I think it's nuts to somehow think that getting rid of auditors is going to save us money.

We ought to have more people doing audits, and that's going to generate more money for the Federal Government.

Taking taxes to zero is not going to get us more revenue.

We ought to have more people doing audits, and that's going to generate more money for the Federal Government.

There's a quote I love, by I think it's H.L. Mencken, who said 'for every complex problem there's an answer that's simple, clear, and wrong.'

I agree with much of what Senator Van Hollen has just described.

I agree with much of what Senator Van Hollen has just described.

I would also strongly believe that putting in place systems makes a lot of sense.

When we're talking about some social issues, they can become highly divisive, and we end up not doing as well as we could have.

The idea that somehow we should reduce the number of audits, and the number of IRS agents, and that's going to make us more money is simple, clear, and wrong.

I come away feeling that there ought to be a pox in both our houses, both Republican and Democrat houses.

Taking taxes to zero is not going to get us more revenue.

I think it's nuts to somehow think that getting rid of auditors is going to save us money.

I would also strongly believe that putting in place systems makes a lot of sense.

It's a Democrat, excuse me demagogue approach, which is I think designed to say hey, we want to get people to vote for us because we're going to promise them they can cheat in their taxes because there won't be any audits.

I rise out of great concern for our military, for its readiness in a time of great peril but also out of concern for the men and women who are being held up and whose careers and prospects and families and plans are being interrupted by…