to her in the three years since she applied beginning in 2010 she was visited by the fbi domestic terrorism unit, and her business and business returns were audited by the irs and she received four fbi inquiries and the business received unsolicited scheduled audits by os shshgs a and the environmental quality and the atf twice. this is a citizen and a small businesswoman who had never been audited by the irs or any of these agencies until she applied to you for tax exempt status for her tea party. the broader question here, is this still america? is this government so drunk on power that it would turn its full force, its full might to harass and intimidate and threaten an average american who only wants her voice and their

the chairman of the ways and means committee and max baucus want to use this scandal to propel to reform the tax system and make the case that the tax system produces skepticism and even maybe corruption, but i asked him whether or not the public would have confidence in what they were doing because of all of the people lobbying the issue including their former aides. here is max baucus and dave c camp. >> it is my goal, and chairman camp's goal to be totally transparent, open, in this process so that there is more trust all of the way around and especially with the american people. >> and what would you say to the people out there who say, come on, 28 people who used to work for you are lobbying on this. >> well, they will do whatever they do, and they are not influencing me. what is influencing me is how to make the code much more efficient, and how to make it more competitive so that the american companies are more competitive and make it more simple and get rid of the complexity...