Ron Johnson

Our use of military force back in 2001 was ill-advised.

When an industry opposes even the most basic public disclosure about its conduct, it suggests to me, frankly, that it has something to hide.

Everything is about making it easier. If you make it hard, a lot of people just won't do it.

Last year, after witnessing the Costa Concordia tragedy, the Carnival Triumph debacle, and learning about the underreported number of crimes on cruise ships, I introduced something called the Cruise Passenger Protection Act of 2013.

So suffice it to say it is very difficult to comply----

Let me just ask: To what extent has this been adjudicated in any kind of tax court or through the IRS?

OK. Mr. Silber, do you know the point I am trying to make here? I am not trying to judge whether or not this was a controlled entity.

So this is pretty unique?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I apologize for missing the earlier panel and the testimony here.

Nothing right now, Mr. Chairman.

I am really trying to drill down in terms of what is the appropriateness of these transactions of this relationship.

The point I am trying to make is, grappling with some of the different issues, there are criteria to determine whether the IRS is going to take a look at this is a controlled entity or versus whether accounting standards determine that.

As I was studying this and getting prepared for this, what this appears to be is a question of form over substance.

If we have asylum cases, those should be requested in the home countries.

I would like to provide the full and complete picture, in terms of removals and returns, which is what I think the American people would really view as deportation.

Our goal needs to be stopping the flow.

The way you stop the flow is to change the realities on the ground in Central America.

Let us all agree that we have a humanitarian crisis on our border that needs to be addressed.

Should not that be the goal?

Is that also going to produce an incentive or inducement for more people to get into this country?

We have a Bible study group that meets here in the Capitol.

Find out what works and do more of that.

Have we not been doing that for years? I mean, literally, have we not been trying to do these things for years?

I am happy that he is actually going to get a hearing today. I am hoping he gets released immediately.

Some of these things are just common sense, though, are they not?