mr. charles rettig and thank you again for joining us this morning. soon we'll hear from mr. rettig who is currently working at the firm hochman, rettig and paris, pc where he is represent clients before the internal revenue service, the tax efficient under the department of justice and numerous state and federal taxing authorities. mr. rettig and served on the advisory board of the california franchise tax board, advisory council of the california state board of equalization, and the internal revenue service advisory council. mr. rettig is currently the vice chair for administration of the section of taxation of the american bar association, and previously served as the chair for the section of taxation of the california bar. throughout his career, mr. rettig has specialized in federal and state civil tax and criminal tax controversy matters, and tax litigation including tax related examinations and investigations for individuals, business enterprises, partnerships, limited liability companies and corporations. mr. rettig received his bachelors degree in economics from the un

mr. rettig, you will have no greater friend than this committee. however, we hold a responsibility to the american people and your actions will be overseen and reviewed. we hope you will count on us for help. and we will be the greatest watchdog you and the agency have. i ask any member who wishes to submit questions do so by the close of business on tuesday, july 3rd. with that said, the hearing is adjourned. thank you, mr. rettig for your attendance. [ inaudible conversations ]. >> thank you, senator. [ inaudible conversations ] [ applause ] [ inaudible conversations ] [ inaudible conversations ] [ inaudible conversations ]. >> and live here on c-span2, we're at the white house. president trump going to be marking the sixth month anniversary of the federal tax cut plan. members of his cabinet here and his family. other guests gathered in the east room. again, those tax cuts passed by republicans last year without democratic support. ♪ music . >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ music . [ cheers and applause ]. >> thank

mr. rettig this is a challenge not a lot of people were willing to accept. why are you dumb enough to accept it? [laughter] and why do you want this role and are you up to this challenge? i know you are not dumb. so that is my out-of-control sense of humor. >> chairman i have a deep respect for the irs for this country and this flag and the people who work for the irs and respect the fact the irs is a critical component of the success of this country. and i am committed to giving my best effort to the irs has the best agency that it can be. >> i think that's why you've been nominated and from what i see you are very capable of doing that but under the bipartisan investigation into the question of political bias , the issue the only bipartisan report congress has unconcerned of political bias at the irs with a serious issue across the agency's history most notably with the kennedy nixon and obama administration. . . . . a reason that i'm significantly interested in becoming a commissioner is to rebuild the trust in that agency to come from the taxpayers that

mr. rettig this is a challenge not a lot of people were willing to accept. why are you dumb enough to accept it? [laughter] and why do you want this role and are you up to this challenge? i know you are not dumb. so that is my out-of-control sense of humor. >> chairman i have a deep respect for the irs for this country and this flag and the people who work for the irs and respect the fact the irs is a critical component of the success of this country. and i am committed to giving my best effort to the irs has the best agency that it can be. >> i think that's why you've been nominated and from what i see you are very capable of doing that but under the bipartisan investigation into the question of political bias , the issue the only bipartisan report congress has unconcerned of political bias at the irs with a serious issue across the agency's history most notably with the kennedy nixon and obama administration. . . . . a reason that i'm significantly interested in becoming a commissioner is to rebuild the trust in that agency to come from the taxpayers that