the inspector general, russell george, told us the same thing. he found no evidence of any white house involvement or political motivation. instead, the very first line of the results of his report says that it began with -- [inaudible] who i quote, developed and used inappropriate criteria to identify applications from organizations with the words tea party in their names, end of quote. our committee confirmed this fact when we interviewed a screening group manager from cincinnati. this manager explained that his employees were the ones who first came up with the inappropriate search terms in 2010. he denied any political motivation and he made his point by explaining that he is, a quote, conservative republican. i release this entire interview transcript eight months ago for anyone who wants to read it for themselves. the inspector general's report also found that they did not discover use of this criteria until a year later, in 2011. which when he learned about them, and i quote again from the report, she immediately directed the criteria be c

the problem is even inspector general russell george found no evidence of any white house involvement or political motivation. the committee has interviewed 38,000 employees who have said the same thing. there was no white house involvement or political motivation. an irs official in cincinnati, a self-identified conservative republican manager, told us the same thing. it is interesting that that gentleman has never been brought before the committee. it started with him. yet republicans remain fixated on falsely accusing the white house attorney and its political enemies in an attempt to reignite the partisan inquiry before the november elections. this is only one example of the larger pattern of unsubstantiated claims in two weeks ago chairman issa claimed that former secretary of state hillary clinton told leon panetta to stand down after the attacks in benghazi. "the washington post" fact checker gave this four pinocchios. this past monday chairman issa went on national television and repeated these claims. the fact checker gave him four more pinocchios. i cannot keep up with all o

and jay russell george put out a statement and said the people receiving unsolicited calls.g and if someone unexpectedly calls and claiming to be from the irs and if you don't pay immediately that is a sign that the irs is not calling. real agents contact you by mail and do not demand debit card or wire transfer. >> they may be able to tell us what happen to flight 370. the jet's black boxes could beb on the ocean floor. the race to find them before batteries run out. >> and the u.s. threatening to step up sanctions on vladimar putin. and will they follow-through and will sanctions even work? >> we needed specific measures with the respect of what happened in crimea. and i said it was important to send a clear message if this is further destabilization in ukraine more measures should be taken. first, choose unlimited soup or salad. then create your own pasta with one of five homemade sauces. and finish with dessert. three courses, $9.99. at olive garden. are your joints ready for action? take osteo bi-flex®. osteo bi-flex® nurtures and helps defend your joints° because it's

but several months ago russell george, the ig appointed by a republican administration said that thereas no white house involvement with regard to these irs so-called targeting. nor was there any political motivation. that was already stated. and we have now interviewed in a bipartisan way 38 witnesses from irs. they spent $14 million over the past nine months answering subpoenas from chairman issa and other republicans. and there is no evidence, but they want us to believe -- and that's what this is all about, i think, that the president -- that is, the white house had something to do with these efforts on the part of the irs. now, keep in mind, if we were really looking for the truth, we would bring forward the man who said he started all of this. the conservative republican 20-year veteran of the irs who said he was the one that started it. now, chairman issa has refused to bring him before our committee and the country so he can explain what he was doing and even he said there were no political motivation and the white house was not involved in this whatsoever. >> let me bring in d

cummings started off, you know, when lois lerner first came to testify in congress, and when it was russell georgehowed up last year with his detailed report about unfair targeting of certain political groups, mr. cummings was outraged and he expressed his outrage vow sieverously, and he was ready to reign down hellfire on whoever was doing this at the irs. >> that's an excellent point, a lot of people, we on this network, i remember doing the show that night, the initial indications were something truly, truly screwed up happened there, the question was how far up it went. i want to play elijah cummings talking about the extent of investigations that have already happened. take a listen. >> we have now interviewed 38 irs employees, hundreds of thousands of pages of documents from the irs have been reviewed. $14 million plus and counting in man-hours have been expended in addressing the various investigations with regard to the irs. >> people are going to look at the tape that we played at the top of the show, what happened in that committee and they're going to say, this is partisan rancher, this

the treasurygo, inspector general for tax administration, russell george, issued a report concluding that the irs employees used " inappropriate criteria" to identify tax-exempt applications for review. i want to revisit the findings of this report. the idea is there was an effective management, and that is a quote, at the irs. the first line of the results section of the report said this began with employees indiscriminate use of the irs office in cincinnati. i did not say that, though i.g. said that. they went on to say that these employees, "developed and used inappropriate criteria to identify applications of organizations with the words tea party in their names." said theseso employees, "developed and implemented inappropriate criteria in part due to insufficient oversight provided by management." i.g. reports that former irs official did not disclose the use of the inappropriate criteria until 2011, a year after it began. again, i do not say that, the i.g. said that. ordered she immediately the practice does stop, the ig stated the employees began using different inappropriate

russell george. i'd like to see all of the overly partisan political e-mails. i'd like to see if he e-mailed relatives. staff members, this mitty. i think that would be relevant to putting in context his khiendings, and to determining whether he, in fact, is an objective source of information and analysis. but that's a different matter. mr. koskinen, as i said the declaration of independence, written largely initially the first draft by thomas jefferson but it was subject to an editorial committee. he didn't like that. he thought his words were pretty good. among those words were, americans were entitled to life, liberty, now hear the editorial committee did not act. he said, and the pursuit of happiness. but it sounds like some people would substitute that, unfettered and unquestioned access to 501(c)3 and 501(c)(4) stacks extell status. do you read that in the declaration of independence? >> i don't read that -- >> no it doesn't read that way. so it's not really an explicit entitlement or right. it's a process you have to qualify for, is that correct? >> corr

russell george. i'd like to see all of the overly partisan political e-mails. i'd like to see if he e-mailed relatives. staff members, this mitty. i think that would be relevant to putting in context his khiendings, and to determining whether he, in fact, is an objective source of information and analysis. but that's a different matter. mr. koskinen, as i said the declaration of independence, written largely initially the first draft by thomas jefferson but it was subject to an editorial committee. he didn't like that. he thought his words were pretty good. among those words were, americans were entitled to life, liberty, now hear the editorial committee did not act. he said, and the pursuit of happiness. but it sounds like some people would substitute that, unfettered and unquestioned access to 501(c)3 and 501(c)(4) stacks extell status. do you read that in the declaration of independence? >> i don't read that -- >> no it doesn't read that way. so it's not really an explicit entitlement or right. it's a process you have to qualify for, is that correct? >> corr

one year ago the inspector general or the tax administration russell george issued a report concluding that the employees used, and i quote inappropriate criteria to identify the tax-exempt applications for the review. i want to revisit the findings of the report. they found that there was an effective management at the irs. the first line of the results section of the report said that this began with employees in the determination's unit of the irs office in cincinnati. i didn't say that. the ig said that. they also went on to say, and i quote, develop and use inappropriate criteria to identify applications from organizations with the words t. party in their name. the ig also said these employees developed and implemented inappropriate criteria in part due to the insufficient oversight provided by the management. above reports that the former irs officials lois lerner does not disclose the use of the appropriate criteria until 2011 the year after it began. they issued the practice stop and stated that employees began using different inappropriate criteria," without management, knowled

nearly one year ago the treasury inspector general for tax administration, russell george, issued a report that included irs employees and i, quote, inappropriate criteria to identify tax exempt applications for review. i want to revisit the findings of his report. the ig found that there was ineffective management, and that's a quote, at the irs. the first line of the results section of the report said this began with employees in the determinations unit of the irs office in cincinnati. i didn't say that. the ig said that. the ig also went on to say that these employees, and i quote, developed and used inappropriate criteria to identify applications from organizations with the words tea party in their names. end of quote. the ig also said these employees, quote, developed and imme meanted inappropriate criteria due to insufficient oversight provided by management, end of quote. the ig report that former irs official lewis learner did not disclose the use of these inappropriate criteria until 2011 a year after it began. i didn't say that the ig said that. although she immediately ordered t

the problem is even inspector general russell george found no evidence of any white house involvement or political motivation. the committee has interviewed 38,000 employees who have said the same thing. there was no white house involvement or political motivation. an irs official in cincinnati, a self-identified conservative republican manager, told us the same thing. it is interesting that that gentleman has never been brought before the committee. it started with him. yet republicans remain fixated on falsely accusing the white house attorney and its political enemies in an attempt to reignite the partisan inquiry before the november elections. this is only one example of the larger pattern of unsubstantiated claims in two weeks ago chairman issa claimed that former secretary of state hillary clinton told leon panetta to stand down after the attacks in benghazi. "the washington post" fact checker gave this four pinocchios. this past monday chairman issa went on national television and repeated these claims. the fact checker gave him four more pinocchios. i cannot keep up with all o

we also have russell george and nina olsen. we appreciate the careful and constant oversight of the irs. we have not heard in some time from ms. olsen, so we are especially eager to hear from her. as a matter of house keeping, i will be following the five minute rules for that members. i do not plan on cutting anyone off in the middle of their sentence, but if everyone could keep their questions and comments for when we get to that part of the program, that will give us a chance to hear from everyone and have maybe more than one round of questions. i am going to recognize the members in order of seniority. those that were here and the latecomers, we will recognize them based on their arrival. we will go back and forth between the parties. i think most of you know that the 2014 appropriation cycle tested our endurance. it was only after the fiscal year started and after we had a government shutdown that the budget committee came to an agreement on the discretionary spending. once we have that agreement enacted, we will do our sl

the inspector general, russell george, told us the same thing. he found no evidence of any white house involvement or political motivation. instead, the very first line of the results of his report says that it began with employees in cincinnati who i quote, developed and used inappropriate criteria to identify applications from organizations with the words tea party in their names, end of quote. our committee confirmed this fact when we interviewed a screening group manager from cincinnati. this manager explained that his employees were the ones who first came up with the inappropriate search terms in 2010. i release this entire interview transcript eight months ago for anyone who wants to read it for themselves. the inspector general's report also found that they did not discover use of this criteria until a year later, in 2011. which when he learned about them, and i quote again from the report, she immediately directed the criteria be changed, end of quote. mr. george's chief investigator also reviewed more than 5,500 emails from i.r.s. emplo

russell george, i'd like to see all of this over partisan political e-mails. i'd like to see if the e-mails relative staff members, to this committee. i think that would be relevant to put an end context his findings into determining whether he is a subjective source of information. that is a different matter. mr. koskinen, as i read the declaration of independence, it is written largely initially the first rock by thomas jeffers but was subject to an editorial to be. he didn't like that appeared he thought his words were good. among those words were entitled to life, liberty. now here's the editorial committee did not act. he sat in the pursuit of happiness. it sounds like some people would substitute for that to 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) tax systems. do you read that in the declaration of independence? >> i don't read it that way. >> it doesn't read that way. it's not really an ex-associate entitlement or right. it is a process you have to qualify for. is that correct? >> correct. >> there's many different ways to figure out how someone qualifies them whether

the inspector general, russell george, told us the same thing. he found no evidence of any white house involvement or political motivation. instead, the very first line of the results of his report says that it began with -- [inaudible] who i quote, developed and used inappropriate criteria to identify applications from organizations with the words tea party in their names, end of quote. our committee confirmed this fact when we interviewed a screening group manager from cincinnati. this manager explain -- explained that his employees were the ones who first came up with the inappropriate search terms in 2010. he denied any political motivation and he made his point by explaining that he is, a quote, conservative republican. i release this entire interview transcript eight months ago for anyone who wants to read it for themselves. the inspector general's report also found that they did not discover use of this criteria until a year later, in 2011. which when he learned about them, and i quote again from the report, she immediately rected the crit

russell clark talked about ordered liberty. you have to have an inner order before the country can have a external order. george washington talked about self-g self-governing yourself before you can have a successful self-governing nation. john adams said the constitution was made for religious and moral people and if you take that away wuiowa -- you are in trouble. reagan said the image of george washington nailing in the snow of valley porch was the most sublime issue in american history because the per sonified of people knew they had to seek help from their creator. bill clark was very close to ronald reagan and used to tell me one of reagan's favorites votes aside from the washington one was lincoln that said i'm brought to the conclusion that i am brought to my knees frequently because there is nowhere else to go. and he wondered what would happen if we scrapped religion. this was with a great speech as georgetown given in october of 1988. reagan said at it's full flowering, freedom is the first principle of western society. and yet freedom cannot exist alone. and that is why the theme for your bicentenni

george harrison. everybody, this is just an honor to have you here. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> jimmy: legend. we've had a great week. there's more fun to come. tomorrow night, russellers will be here for the first time on "the tonight show" in 25 years. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: the national is gonna play some good music. russell and i will do a a little -- i wanna see if i can get him to play guitar and do something. he's in a band. >> steve: he's in a band. >> jimmy: yeah, he should do it, right? >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: we'll let you know. and friday, january jones is on the show. we're gonna play a game of giant quarters. [ cheers and applause ] we have a fantastic show tonight. he's one of the greatest comedians of all time. the one and only bill cosby is here. [ cheers and applause ] he's so fun. >> steve: come on! >> jimmy: he is the most fun person to be with ever. plus -- i can't wait to talk to this guy. he's going it fly off of mt. everest in a winged suit. he is really going to do this. joby ogwyn is dropping by. [ cheers and applause ] i guess base jumping in like, a a bat suit. i guess he's gonna fly later in the show, too. i'm

russell kirk whose 1974 classic the roots of american order to do the order of liberty. you have to have an inner order before the country can have an outer order. george washington talked about self-governing one's self before the nation could self govern. if you have to have a nation of self-governing self-controlled people before you could have a successfully self-governing nation there is a john adams quote where he says the constitution was made for the religious and moral people and if you take that away, you're going to be in trouble. ronald reagan constantly quoted george washington on this. washington said that the image of george washington in the snow of valley forge was the most sublime because they personify the people in their own courage and goodness they must seek help from god, their father and their preserver. though clark is here and we offered his biography that he was very close to ronald reagan and he would tell me all the time one of his favorite quotes was when he said i'm driven to my knees by the conviction that i have nowhere else to go. ronald reagan feared what happens to a free democratic society where any society when it'

russell. thank you for joining us on this friday because mornings are always better with friends. >> hi, this is george foreman. he'd be a good guy to fill in for us if we turn an ankle or run a fever. >> or a cooking segment. >> and george foreman has transformed the way i eat in my studio apartment. i eat off that george foreman grill all the time. >> doesn't it smell? does the whole apartment smell? >> it does. but it takes like five minutes. >> you know what, brian, george foreman, just like you, have something in common. you both name your male heirs after yourselves. >> right. very similar. >> all of his kids are george. >> which one of us wases heavyweight champion? oh, it was him. so besides that, we have a lot in common. heather, do you have anything in common with george foreman? >> i live off the george foreman grill as well. vegetables, chicken. i don't do fish. try it. fox news alert. moments ago, michigan congressman mike rogers announcing that he will not seek reelection in november. the seven-term law maker talking about his plans in an interview with the detroit radio station this morn

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