because, you know he what, the irs isn t popular with anybody. but the fact is you need the irs in this country and why you would waste time in this effort, i don t know. you need somebody to enforce the law. you need somebody to collect our taxes and if people don t pay their taxes to tell them they are wrong. you need an irs. there is just no question about it. bret: the chairman of one of the committees hall rogers says accusations of political bias. errant release of personal info waste of taxpayer dollars otherwise it s working out okay. look, all of that is right but this is the wrong answer. cutting the budget is silly and small. this is a moment where you seize on the outrage of the public and you institute tax reform, which, among other closing loopholes, et cetera. and if you eliminate all the complexities, you weaken the arbitrary power of the bureaucrats and the irs. that s the ultimate revenge. it s the ultimate good policy.
bret: hal rogers of course of weighs and means. that s it it for the panel. bear with us we have interesting survival tips after the break. you will never survive the running of the bulls. ( bull roar ) .if you don t attend the running of the bulls.
0 limits unless suspected of breaking the law. some would like stronger protections. the rules give news organizations a better chance of being told before hand the government intends to track their phone records to give them a chance to challenge the decision. 20 associated press lines were tracked and the company wasn t told until after the fact. ceo gary pruitt said to some extent the damage is already done. in some cases, government employees we once checked in with regularly will no longer speak to us by phone, and some of reluctant to meet in person. reporter: holder s statement calls for a media shield law. mr. obama says he supports it, but says it is not up to him. journalists should not be at legal risk for doing their jobs. our focus must be on those who break the law. that s why i called on congress to pass a media shield law to guard against government overreach. reporter: even if congress won t pass the shield law for reporters, experts say justice been extended a
spending will be released later this morning and includes some new details from the agency s now infamous 2010 anaheim conference. that conference featured employees in film parodies of star trek. we haven t seen that one much o of:they costed 50dz,000 dlsh each. a total of $135,000 on that tab. thousands of dollars for speakers including $11,000 for a happiness expert and $17,000 for an artist who created paintings of michael jordan, abraham lincoln and bono. on capitol hill, the new acting commissioner of the irs testified before lawmakers yesterday stressing the need to fix the many problems. hall rogers said congress may impose conditions on irs funding.
0 spending will be released later this morning and includes some new details from the agency s now infamous 2010 anaheim conference. that conference featured employees in film parodies of star trek. we haven t seen that one much o of:they costed 50dz,000 dlsh each. a total of $135,000 on that tab. thousands of dollars for speakers including $11,000 for a happiness expert and $17,000 for an artist who created paintings of michael jordan, abraham lincoln and bono. on capitol hill, the new acting commissioner of the irs testified before lawmakers yesterday stressing the need to fix the many problems. hall rogers said congress may impose conditions on irs funding. wikileaks. he s already pleaded guilty to ten charges that carry up to 20 years in prison. prosecutors are pushing ahead with more serious counts that could land manning in prison for life. top military brass are set to testify today about how they ll curve the alarming number of sexual assaults among the ranks of american