representative charles boustany, no comment. maybe third time's a charm with senator carl levin?o comment. we got this from senator max baucus -- "this is certainly an issue senator baucus will look at closely." we also went to the irs, and they gave us a statement, saying -- "we are referred this case to our independent inspector general, and that if an irs employee took any inappropriate actions and if those actions caused harm to this taxpayer in any way, we sincerely apologize." heather doesn't want an apology, she wants her $5,500 back. and she isn't alone in this. 300,000 people had cases with that tax advocate just last year. now, critics say the problem is the irs takes action against you first and asks questions later. well, now, george, we are asking the questions and we're staying on the irs to help heather get her money back. >> she doesn't know when it's going to happen? >> reporter: nope. >> all right, chris, thank you. and tomorrow, we're going to bring you another investigation. brian ross took a look at companies which help taxpayers take on the irs. they're gett

boustany for a comment. >> thank you, channing. i want to make sure her previous comment he made about mr. levin's comments that i spoke of earlier discussion. i want to be very clear so there is no confusion here that when mr. levin requested the irs commissioners shall mean an irs detail he be assigned republican staff of the committee, detailing would be looking into and i quote for mr. levin's letter, in areas related to tax-exempt organizations and other matters of interest to the ways and means committee. mr. levin was not aware that the detail he would be working on the investigation specifically. i just want to offer the clarification. i yield back. >> the chairman yells back. the chairman from california, mr. becerra is recognized for five minutes. >> chairman, thank you for yielding time. i thank chairman boustany for the clarification, which simply leads to more confusion because the reality is here that we are looking on a document that was prepared without a think the knowledge of most every member on this committee. i

boustany for a comment. >> thank you, channing. i want to make sure her previous comment he made about mr. levin's comments that i spoke of earlier discussion. i want to be very clear so there is no confusion here that when mr. levin requested the irs commissioners shall mean an irs detail he be assigned republican staff of the committee, detailing would be looking into and i quote for mr. levin's letter, in areas related to tax-exempt organizations and other matters of interest to the ways and means committee. mr. levin was not aware that the detail he would be working on the investigation specifically. i just want to offer the clarification. i yield back. >> the chairman yells back. the chairman from california, mr. becerra is recognized for five minutes. >> chairman, thank you for yielding time. i thank chairman boustany for the clarification, which simply leads to more confusion because the reality is here that we are looking on a document that was prepared without a think the knowledge of most every member on this committee. i

representative charles boustany, no comment.d time's a charm with senator carl levin, no comment. we got this from senator max baucus, "this is certainly an issue senator baucus will look at closely." we also went to the irs, and they gave us a statement saying, we have referred this case to our independent inspector general and that if an irs employee took any inappropriate actions and if those actions caused harm to this taxpayer in any way, we sincerely apologize." heather doesn't want an apology. she wants her $5,500 back and she's not alone in complaining about the irs. 300,000 people went and complained to that tax advocate just last year. now, critics say the problem is the irs has the ability to take your money first and ask questions second. well, now we're asking the questions and we're staying on the irs to help heather get her money back. chris cuomo, abc news, new york. >> it's good to know and a great story, too. >>> well, when we return, sugar ray loses his fight to compete on "dancing with the stars." >> and the

the that's one of the things i was trying to talk with chairman boustany about. a c-4 social impact organization is simply that. we've established a charitable arm, the c-3, to deal with vulnerable populations who are in need of assistance in the very essence of their lives, and to try to stay together. the c-4 is working on a broader basis. on a social commission. we're looking to help people in need. and certainly we do. but we help them in different ways. we help 53,000 job-seekers through our 2010 job fairs. we're helping with the drive to end hunger, which we are financing. folks say, well, you know, why don't you just throw that money at hunger? why don't you just feed people with that money? well, that would be fine and it would feed a lot of people, but the focus isn't that. the focus is on defeating hunger in this country and putting a spotlight on hunger, and making people understand just exactly what a big problem it is. we've been raising money for relief in haiti. we're raising money for relief in japan. as mr. rand stated earlier, through our advoca

boustany is recognized. >> let me start with mr. josephson.written testimony that i read, that aarp's organizational structure is unprecedented in your years of experience. you specifically mention how uncommon in it is for a tax-exempt organization to have so many affiliate's. some for profit and some not for profit. what red flags would be raised by such a structure? >> i have never seen anything in the non-profit bariatric complex as aarp's structure. as i said in my testimony i would ask to examine the justification for each of these separate organizations in charge of any investigation. and asked to examine the nature of the control that aarp exercises over the organizations that are its affiliates. i agree with our colleagues that the existence about the interlocking situation is not necessary a bad thing. it is not something that needs to be looked at. with references not only to control but indirect control. in direct control, the actual numerical composition of each government body. >> has questions to the first panel, loyalty income

boustany: thank you, madam chair. i ask unanimous consent to submit letters of support of our legislation into the record. the chair: the gentleman's question is covered under general leave. mr. boustany: thank you, madam chair. of course, why we're here today is because the e.p.a. continued to push this effort to pass a national energy tax. it was tried through cap and trade over the last year and a half. that bill went through the legislative process and was defeated in a bipartisan way. this is not a republican or democrat issue when we're talking about preventing the e.p.a. from running millions of jobs out of our country. that's literally what's at stake here. believe me, as people look through the letters of support, as we can comb through the days of testimony that we've had on this over the last two years, this concept of the e.p.a. regulating greenhouse gases. madam chair, we're talking about a proposal of the -- by the e.p.a. that according to the national society of manufacturers would run three million job

jeanne solomon boustany tremendous amount of work on cancer clusters. without a doubt our country is made great strides in addressing devastating diseases that once commonplace. our nation invested in drinking water treatment plants and waste water treatment facilities and of these facilities are now essentials parts of our public health infrastructure. despite these great advantages we still have more work to do to address diseases such as cancer and birth defects that took the lives of our children and family members. according to the environmental protection agency, from 1975 to allow seven, rates of childhood cancer increased by more than 20%. i want to say that again. according to the epa from 75 to 07 rates of childhood cancer have increased by more than 20%. so consider this hearing an alarm bell. the country needs to pay attention to a statistic like this. according to the national cancer institute, leukemia is the most common form of cancer accounted for 20% of the incident. the greatest number of childhood cancer occurs during infancy. the fir