mr. speaker, the facts lead to lois lerner. i reserve the plans of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. cummings: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: just shy of a year ago, the secretary general of facts administration reported the i.r.s. had used inappropriate criteria to review applicants for tax exempt status. the same day, chairman issa wept on national tv, before he received a single document or interviewed a single witness, and said the following. this was the targeting of the president's political enemies. targeting of d -- the president's political enemies and lies about it,ent end of quote. the republicans have spent the last year trying to prove these allegations. the i.r.s. has produced more than half a million pages of documents. we have interviewed 39 witnesses, 40 witnesses, i.r.s. witnesses, treasury department employees. and after all of that, we have not found any evidence of white house invo

mrs. lerner has been unwilling to answer questions before the oversight and government reform committee, despite giving testimony to two other bodies. her reactions to this point beg the question, what's she trying to hide? mrs. lerner has roughly a year, she's had a year to work with the committee and ample time to comply with this subpoena. unfortunately she's refused to do so. when called to testify before the committee, lois lerner simultaneously asserted her innocence while depriving the american people of the opportunity to get the questions answered. mrs. lerner made 17 separate factual assertions before invoking her fifth amendment right. 17, mr. speaker. in the words of my colleagues from south carolina, there's a lot of talking for someone who wants to remain silent. some people believe, and me being one of them, that you can't do that. you can't make selective assertions and still invoke your fifth amendment right. mr. speaker, i believe that mrs. lerner's conduct shows contempt for th

mr. issa: i want to correct the record, earlier a minority member stated that with 35 words said by lois lerner, our count is 305. hopefully the inaccuracy of their experts will be considered the same. with that, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from arizona, mr. gosar. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. gosar: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in support of this resolution. the people's house has thor hi documented lois lerner's trespasses, including her history of targeting conservative groups as well as the laws she has broke . there's a 443-page committee reporting supporting these allegations. we know ms. lerner refuses to comply with a duly issued subpoena from the house oversight and government reform committee and without ms. lerner's full cooperation the american public will not have the answers it needs from its government. my friends across the aisle have continuously cried foul over this legitimate investigation. but where is there evidence -- where is their evidence to put this to rest? i do not enjoy hold anything fe

lerner exposed herself as a servant to her political philosophy rather than a servant to the american people. this, mr. speaker, is why the house has taken the extraordinary action of referring ms. lerner to the department of justice for criminal prosecution. and why we will request a special council to investigate this case. not only has the president asserted that there is, quote, not even a smidgen of corruption at the i.r.s., but leaks from the department of justice have indicated that no one will be prosecuted. that's not surprising, as a top donor to the president's campaign is playing a key role in their investigation. potentially compromising any semblance of independence and justice. an independent, nonpartisan, special prosecutor is needed to ensure a fair investigation that all americans can trust. mr. speaker, the american people deserve to know the full context of why these actions were taken. as early as 2010, leading democratic leaders were urging the i.r.s. to take action against conservative groups. the decision made to take action against them? the american people, ms. lerner's emplo

we wouldn't be here today if mrs. lerner had not conducted her own partisan witch hunt. lois lerner did what she did -- what she did is completely unamerican and it undermines the very fundamentals of the principles of which this country is founded upon. . 23 we don't hold her -- if we don't hold her accountable for r actions, and this is accountability in the government. then we are sending a message that this behavior is acceptable. let's not send that message. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from florida reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, wow. talk about tyranny. i should remind the gentleman you got two bills coming to the floor under a closed rule, absolutely closed. nobody can offer any amendments. it's your way or the highway. absolutely closed. talk about tyranny, we can't get a vote on the house floor on unemployment compensation. we can't get a vote on the minimum wage. we can't get a vote on pay equity. we can't get a vote on immigration reform. i don't know

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mr. speaker, the facts lead to lois lerner. i reserve the plans of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. cummings: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: just shy of a year ago, the secretary general of facts administration reported the i.r.s. had used inappropriate criteria to review applicants for tax exempt status. the same day, chairman issa wept on national tv, before he received a single document or interviewed a single witness, and said the following. this was the targeting of the president's political enemies. targeting of d -- the president's political enemies and lies about it,ent end of quote. the republicans have spent the last year trying to prove these allegations. the i.r.s. has produced more than half a million pages of documents. we have interviewed 39 witnesses, 40 witnesses, i.r.s. witnesses, treasury department employees. and after all of that, we have not found any evidence of white house invo

mr. speaker, the facts lead to lois lerner. i reserve the plans of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. cummings: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: just shy of a year ago, the secretary general of facts administration reported the i.r.s. had used inappropriate criteria to review applicants for tax exempt status. the same day, chairman issa wept on national tv, before he received a single document or interviewed a single witness, and said the following. this was the targeting of the president's political enemies. targeting of d -- the president's political enemies and lies about it,ent end of quote. the republicans have spent the last year trying to prove these allegations. the i.r.s. has produced more than half a million pages of documents. we have interviewed 39 witnesses, 40 witnesses, i.r.s. witnesses, treasury department employees. and after all of that, we have not found any evidence of white house invo

i have no expectation miss lerner will cooperate. therefore we -- >> mr. chairman, i have a statement. i have a procedural question, mr. chairman. i have a procedural question. mr. chairman, you cannot run a committee like this. you just cannot do this. we are better than that as a committee. i have asked for a few minutes to -- now you're turning me off. i am asking a question. i am the ranking member of this committee, and i wanted to ask a question. for the past year, the central republican accusation in this investigation -- >> we are adjourned. close it down. >> before our -- >> thank you. >> if you will sit down and allow me to ask the question, i am a member of the congress of the united states of america. i am tired of this. >> well -- >> we have members over here, each who represent 700,000 people. you cannot just have a one-sided investigation. there is absolutely something wrong with that, and this is absolutely unamerican. >> congressman darrell issa later had to apologize for his behavior toward elijah cummings, his now infamous cut his mic ge

mr. jordan. >> one years since lois lerner went to a bar association year and disclosed the internal revenue service is starting conservative groups. four days later the train general announced after saying that this activity was outrageous and unacceptable, announce that there would be a criminal investigation. a month into the investigation we had been fbi director mahler in front of the committee. he was asked three questions. who is the lead agent, how many agents have you assigned command at your interview any of the victims' groups. his response to those questions or i don't know, i don't know, i don't know. but he also said was i will get back with you, implying that we should, in fact, know some of that basic information. i would like to know a couple of things. we know this of boston and is involved. she has interviewed many of the witnesses because the same witnesses we have interviewed and she has told us she has been interviewing him. the attorney general has told the public integrity section is involved. is that accurate? >> the civil rights division and the criminal division of the apa

mr. chairman, i counted 17 separate factual assertions by miss lerner, not those three its sentences my colleaguesite. 17 separate factual assertions. >> we're going to find out what happened in benghazi and i don't give a damn whose career is impacted. we're going to find out what happened. >> and they have been finding out what happened for going on two years now. with eight congressional committees in both houses spanning 13 hearings and now a select committee, which congressional republicans are hoping will really find out, this time really for real what really did happen in benghazi. what this whole thing is really, really about is up next. you can hide uneven skin tone from here. and here. but what about here? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® visibly even daily moisturizer with a clinically proven soy complex. it diminishes the look of dark spots in 4 short weeks. and just like that your skin will look radiant and more even. even from here. [ female announcer ] visibly even moisturizer and new bb cream. from neutrogena®. >>> the public hearings that get so much attention are the last things

mr. o'neil, will mark one disclosed lois lerner that the internal revenue service was targeting concerted later the four days attorney general announced that after san this activity was outrageous and unacceptable that after this activity was outrageous and acceptable unannounced. that we had fbi director mueller three questions. who is the lead? how many agents have you hired? his response was i do not know. what he also said was i will get back to you and find we should know some of the basic information. i would like to know a couple of things. we know ms. boxer man is involved. she has interviewed many of the witnesses. she is in the civil rights division. the attorney general have told us the public integrity is involved. is that accurate? and careerights agents at the federal bureau of investigation and treasury inspector general. >> can you tell me some the basic information about the questions i asked mr. mueller, who is the lead agent on this? >> i am sure we can provide information to you. >> we have asked you seven times. we have sent seven inquiries to the department of justic

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mr. chairman, i counted 17 separate factual assertions by miss lerner, not those three its sentences my colleaguesite. 17 separate factual assertions. >> we're going to find out what happened in benghazi and i don't give a damn whose career is impacted. we're going to find out what happened. >> and they have been finding out what happened for going on two years now. with eight congressional committees in both houses spanning 13 hearings and now a select committee, which congressional republicans are hoping will really find out, this time really for real what really did happen in benghazi. what this whole thing is really, really about is up next. ot a lo. that's why i got my surface. it's great for watching game film and drawing up plays. it's got onenote, so i can stay on top of my to-do list, which has been absolutely absurd since the big game. with skype, it's just really easy to stay in touch with the kids i work with. alright, russell you are good to go! alright, fellas. alright, russ. back to work! or how ornate the halls are. tall the building is, it doesn't matter if there are granite statu

mr. o'neil, we will mark one year since lois lerner disclosed that the internal revenue service was targeting conservative groups and four days later the attorney general announced that this activity was outrageous and unacceptable. that we asked fbi director mueller three questions. who is the lead? how many agents have you hired? his response was "i do not know." what he also said was i will get back to you and find we should know some of the basic information. i would like to know a couple of things. we know ms. boxerman is involved. she has interviewed many of the witnesses. she is in the civil rights division. the attorney general has told us the public integrity is involved. is that accurate? >> the civil rights and career agents at the federal bureau of investigation and treasury inspector general. >> can you tell me some the basic information about the questions i asked mr. mueller, who is the lead agent on this? >> i am sure we can provide information to you. >> we have asked you seven times. we have sent seven inquiries to the department of justice and each time they cannot tell us.

mr. jordan. >> tomorrow will be one year since lois lerner went to a bar association to say irs is targeting conservativer days later the attorney general announced after saying this was outrageous and unacceptable that there would be a criminal investigation. one month later we have fbi director asked three questions to was the lead agent? how many agents have you assigned it had to interview any of the victims? the response was i don't know. i don't know. i don't know. but i will get back to so now we should know that basic information. so i would like to know we know miss boston and one dash is interviewed because we have interviewed the same witnesses but the attorney general told us the public integrity section is involved in make is that accurate? >> both the criminal division has our career agents and the treasury inspector general. >> can you tell me the basic information about the questions i asked almost one year ago? who was the lead agent on this investigation? >> i am sure we can provide that civic we have asked seven times and sent to seven different degrees they just jealous of his ongoing

mr. jordan: i thank the chair for all his good work and being recognized. the gentlelady from texas said in her opening statement, there's been no conclusion to the investigation. yes, there has. and this lerner knows it. why do you think she is willing to sit down with the justice department and answer their questions? she knows the fix is in and has been pre-judged and decided. when the department of justice leaks to the "wall street journal" no one is going to be referred for prosecution, she knows she is just fine. the investigation is over. they are not doing it. the highest elected official in this land goes on national television and says there's nothing there, not even a smidgeon, mislerner knows the fix is in. quick time line, she goes in front of a bar association group in town and with the planted question tells that group and the whole country that conservative groups were targeted for exercising their first amendment free speech rights and she did that unprecedented. she did it before the inspector general's report was made public. unprecedented what she did. not only in actions but in spilling the beans before the report was issued. may 13, we get the report from the inspector g

privileged resolution her in lerner, finding contempt of congress for refusal to comply with the subpoena issued by the committees on oversight and government reform. lastly, mr. speaker, the house will consider hr 10, the success and opportunity through quality charter schools act, authored by chairman john kline. mr. speaker, america does not work if our children are trapped in failing schools. this bipartisan bill provides an opportunity for our children to attend schools which foster a quality learning environment focused on those student succeeding. with that, i yield back. simple i thank the gentleman for that information with reference to the legislature for next week. he leads with a bill that is the american research and competitiveness act of 2014." as the gentleman knows, we have an agenda which i talk to him about briefly, which we call making it in america, which is essentially about growing manufacturing, encouraging manufacturers to return to the united states and encouraging people of when they want to go into manufacturing to do so here in america. at only will that provide for made in america label around the world, but it will also provide

mr. polis: how exciting that in a week here of partisan division with regard to benghazi, with regard to lois lerner, with regard to a deficit-busting $155 billion tax expenditure, how exciting that democrats and republicans can come together around something that is so important for the next generation of american children, that is making sure that our limited investment in public charter schools has the maximum positive impact on student achievement across our country. a 2013 study conducted by the stanford research of educational outcomes found that public charter schools often outperform their peers in public schools and many have a substantial progress in closing the achievement gap. they were impressive for low-income students. the study found that low-income students gained 14 additional days of learning and reading and math compared to other peers. and what's clear, however, is just how public charter schools with site-based management have the ability to innovate and succeed. they also have the ability to fail and do poorly. not all charter schools are serving students well. not all charter

mr. issa: madam speaker, by the direction of the committee of oversight and government reform, i urge a supplemental report. the clerk: report to accompany supplement resolution recommending that the house of representatives find lois lerner, internal revenue service, in contempt of congress, for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the committee of oversight and government reform. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from west virginia seek recognition? mrs. capito: thank you, madam speaker. i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3329. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 3329, a bill to enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from west virginia, mrs. capito, and the gentleman from colorado, mr. perlmutter, ach will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from west virginia. >> i think mr. murphy is up first. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to t