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today he tangled with texas republican kevin brady. >> he was assuring us that the irs, despite the significantbuse of power, already investigating, the irs has never shared private taxpayer information with other federal agencies. i am looking at an e-mail from 2008 where loess lerner did exactlyythat. >> i never assured that there are not incidences that occurred. we share information roughly with 300 different federal and state agencies as a matter of routine business. we have procedures and safeguards in place. >> lawmakers say in the process of investigating the ira starting of conservative groups that discovered e-mail between los lerner and the federal elections commission. the irs official now on paid administrative leave who came to capitol hill and led the fifth after defending her actions telling the house oversight committee she had done nothing wrong. ways and means has released copies of six exchanges showing the name several times and her interactions with an sec attorney in the enforcement division. >> the irs has said all along that it never should disinformation with other age

kevin brady from the hill today. heather. heather: you may want to check your freezer. 50,000 pounds of ground beef just recalled. we'll tell you why. bill: holy hamburger. why was george zimmerman pulled over? heather: and where? what are you doing back there? ow! that hurt! no, no, no, no. you can't go to school like this, c'mon. don't do it! no! (mom vo) you never know what life's gonna throw at you. if i gotta wear clothes, you gotta wear clothes. (mom vo) that's why i got a subaru. i just pulled up. he did what now? no he's never done that before! oh really? i might have some clothes in the car. (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. bill: police outside of dal last stopping george zimmerman for speeding. it was on police dash-cam video. this is how part of it unfolded. >> -- insurance. >> [inaudible] >> okay. sure go ahead. bill: check out zimmerman's answers where he is headed and if police know who he is. bill: well, coincidence indeed, huh? he was out for a drive. police sending zimmerman on his way wi

to listen to representative kevin brady of texas.-mails that they think are damning. >> i think representative brady is correct. we are in the early phases of this investigation. it is not too early toorn that the what is going on here is really, really problematic. it is deeply corrupt. it is probably illegal. it changes it is now morphing, gra gone from an irs scandal. president obama earlier this week said that these were phoneo scandals like the mississippi river they keep rolling and keeps getting bigger. i think the republicans are doing well. i think they are very methodical and are not hysterical. they are pursuing it and it will take time but they are pulling on it a thread at a time. >> what about that? if it starts expanding beyond the irs that starts to become more of a problem for the administration. >> they are not supposed to share information but the threat would be that they are sharing information for political purposes to undermine conservatives. in this situation that is not clear. they shared it with the enforcem

kevin brady, texas rum run congressman, proves -- says the e-mails prove the administration wanted toarass conservatives. after today's hearing on capitol hill, the acting irs commissioner, danny werfel, didn't have much to say on the topic. >> i just went through three hours worth of questions. i'd rather spend more time. i just don't have the time to get into these issues. >> gnaw lawmakers are demand thing want all e-mails between the irs and the fec from 2008 to 2012. >> not the only topic of discussion on the hill. also the implementation or obamacare. >> that's right. the irs plays a key role in the implementation of obamacare. a question came um about why the union employees working at the irs are seeking an exemption from obama care when that agency plays such a critical role. >> why are your employees trying to exempt themselves from the very law you're to enforce? >> i can speak for myself. i prefer to stay withrrent polid with rather than go through a change if i don't need to go through the change. >> change is coming to the irs. president obama is nominateing a new irs co

that the chairman of the joint economic committee of congress distinguished gentleman from texas, kevin brady and his committee have presented a bill calling for a monetary commission to exam what should be the american monetary standard and examination of history, an examination of the empire call evidence, especially the historical evidence, and what all of those different persuasions, monitorrists, classists, i guess there are many of them. there's many more in the tax on my of economists. to bring forth the opinion and and tempt to get a consensus and there by to go to congress and perhaps then it will do its duty and establish the american monetary system and define it as it was in 1892, at the beginning of the american republican as a certain weight of pressure metal. thank you very, very much. [applause] >> in a moment i will invite you to rise and join us for lunch. lunch is held on the second level, and the george conference center. up the spiral staircase. if you can't find, this gentleman will help you. on behalf of gordon financial, i would like to thank you for inviting me to hel

but we've heard from kevin brady, the republican from texas, horror stories he says, where his constituents were subjected to that after they filed with the irs they started getting called and visited by all these other agencies. they started what they said was harassment. this raises the question. was there -- was information shared from within the irs to other agencies that broadened out the targeting? this is the first evidence that we have that that really might be there. >> and it raises a lot of questions about during the period of 2010 mid-term elections going into a big huge re-election campaign for the president whether federal agencies were as critics and turned into political tools essentially to silence those who have differing opinions. >> since lerner worked at the elections commission before, that was where she first earned the ire of conservatives where she was essentially working in a prosecutorial fashion, you heard from lieutenant oliver north and others during lerner's reign at the irs that they were harassed and asked about their prayers and things like that, she knows

a friend of mine, kevin brady, is a member from texas that sits on a committee. the tax code of the united states is four times the size of a bible with none of the good news. pretty good summary. >> it is. in your opinion, if a presidential candidate made that a major point, would it carry any weight? >> yeah, i think it would. i think nobody ever thinks the tax system is fair. that is always an issue that resonates with america. let's be real -- taxes are one of the reasons we do put -- we declared our independence in the first place. we did not like the way was done, we thought we should have a direct say, which we did not. . think it is a major effort i think you are going to see it more, particularly if commerce cannot act in the next couple of years and this divided situation. i suspect whoever is running for president will make it a major issue. the last time we had really important tax stuff, ronald reagan was president. he ran on what was back then camp ross, which was lowering the rates, and then he carried another part of it out in the tax reform act o

a friend of mine, kevin brady, likes to say, the tax cut of the united states is four times the size of the bible that of the good news. a pretty good summary. >> it is. >> would it carry? >> i think it would. no one ever thinks that the tax system is fair. that has always been an issue with residents of america. it has to be real. taxes were one of the reasons we declare independence in the first place. we tell we ought to have a direct say in it, which we didn't. it is a major, you know, effort. think you're going to see it more, particularly if the congress cannot act for the next couple of years and has provided situations. the last time we had really important tax stuff where reagan was president and he ran on all was back then called camp broth which was lowering the rates. he carried another part of it out in the tax reform act of 1986. it helps give him elected and reelected and that thinking helped unlock the prosperity in the 1980's. many to change the tax system. there are multiple ways. the flat tax to meet is easier, but fair tax, it is better than what we have now for s