So, our goal has been to be transparent and its been to provide as much information as we can and to try to help this committee get the closure because at some point somebody is going to write a report which i welcomed inside while look at the facts and the recommendations Going Forward. So at this point it is an important issue and we were concerned as we tracked it down and im pleased we were able to find 24,000 emails from that time and i am pleased it is clear that you worked hard and the agency worked hard to restore those emails and im pleased the white house has reduced all of their documents so that there is not an issue of what might be missing would be any email from that timeframe that would be outside of the agency to pick up the internal issues. Any emails that she sent out at the accounts would have been found with the production. So i think this is important. Its gotten caught up in the middle of a political storm which has been ongoing ever since the Affordable Care act
The disgraced mayor, oncamera smoking crack cocaine downtown with a mistress, marion barry jr. Led a controversial career. I dont know why you are here but thank you for coming. Maybe the 2 but could make this more affordable. We will stick to the budget. As we are supposed to do. I worked for chris a lot over the years, we were on the supercommittee which ended up not being so super but it was a serious effort to find answert. Some of what we propose you could argue later happened through sequestration, we did not get at this broader picture of how to deal with the biggest part of the budget and two sense of the budget which is called mandatory spending within ten years, the Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office tells us it will be three quarters of the budget so that is the biggest part of the dget out for us but again Chris Van Hollen and i have worked together before and hopefully we will Work Together in the future to find Common Ground on this and other issues. The debt we curr
Representative dave camp of michigan chairs the committee. This portion of the hearing is 2. 5 hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning. The committee will come to order. Well, good morning. Over three years ago this committee started asking the irs, was a targeting conservatives for the belief . Wasnt asking groups inappropriate questions . Was it harassing conservative donors . The irs assured this committee and even testified before Congress Time and time again that no targeting was occurring. Then as we all recall one year ago when a signature new stuff, then head of exempt organizations at the irs lois lerner admitted to the American People that the irs targeted conservative organizations. The irs lied to congress and the American People. In fact, this committee has found theres ample evidence to
December, after distinguished career in the public and private sectors. At omb, at freddie mac, as the chair of president clintons y2k computer consult. So again we welcome your testimony. We are glad you are here. We look forward to your testimony to set the record straight. All right, thank you. If i recognize commissioner koskinen, for his Opening Statement i asked him to stand to be sworn in. Commissioner koskinen, please raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony youre about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god . I do. Let the record reflect the witness answered in the affirmative. Thank you. Commissioner koskinen, thank you for being with us today. You will have five minutes to present your testimony with your full written statement said it for the record. You are now recognized for five minutes. [inaudible] chairman camp, Ranking Member levin, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportuni
John kerry is in egypt, part of a weeklong trip to the middle the neweting with egyptian president. Secretary kerry is the highestranking u. S. Official to meet with the egyptian president since his inauguration. They talked about the situation in iraq and the future of egypt. Secretary kerry voice support for egypt and spoke of the need for the country to make economic and political reforms. Incoming House Majority leader, kevin mccarthy, was on fox news sunday. He replaces eric cantor at the end of july as House Majority leader. Here is some of what he said about his new role. I believe you can work with anybody. The challenge has been harry reid. There are more than 240 bills that have passed the house that have not been brought up inside the senate. Want to know the problem in washington . The senate has not moved anything. They never send something to the president s desk. How do you negotiate without a bill on the desk . We are going to the appropriations process right now. Offer