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Impact the people that work in it. in other words, if you think that in this environment irs agents were emboldened to do this kind of stuff? >> so i think theres two separate parts to that. number one is i think you have an administration that has fostered a culture of intimidation. theyve said if you disagree with us on an issue, we dont have just a disagreement. youre a bad person. were going to go out and basically smear you. you saw what they did to mitt romney but also mitt romney supporte...

That. in fact, since this entire irs thing has erupted you have seen this dmuld question not only by prominent republicans like senator thune but others who say the irs is a mess. senator, how bad does this get on the health care implication side? >> well, i think thats one of the really scary aspects about this whole discussion, neil, is that the very people, sarah ingram, who was head of the exempt division that did all of this political targeting in this latest episode would be responsible un...

Illegally. theyll be here whether we pass the bill or not. there are no consequences to that. there wont be any consequences to that under this president. every year that goes by the more entrenched. theyre not paying taxes. theyre not being held accountable for the work theyre doing, etc. we dont know who they are. these are the reasons why we have to pass the immigration reform. if you leave the status quo in place, that is amnesty. >> senator, i know you have to go. were 40 years past waterga...

Center is the irs. the irs in addition to being in charge of our tax code is on the front lines of obama care. a massive -- >> does it smell like watergate to you? >> i would just say lets have an investigation before we throw that term around. >> okay. >> bottom line is, we need to know the answer to that. the credibility of the american government and the trust of our people and the people that run it is at stake. >> all right. marco rubio, hes not done with this. and then theres this. maybe n...

At the irs. now senator marco rubio says hes heard more than enough today. >> its pretty outrageous that she went to the committee, kind of testified, got her part of the argument out and then left and said, im not talking anymore. so i think its certainly instructive. the bottom line is, number one, lets just realize whats happening here. the irs either deliberately targeted americans because of their political views or theyre incompetent. which one of those do we feel comfortable with? i think...

She either got very bad legal advice or she was more concerned with her image and was worried but invoking the fifth amendment she would appear guilty. by making those statements she opened up the door to a fair round of questioning on at least three topics, anything wrong, federal laws, irs regulations. neil, that is all they want to ask her. >> neil: i completely missed that. judge, let me ask you, when someone pleads the fifth. obviously they take the rick that they are hiding something but t...

Bottom of what happened here. >> you recently filed an amendment to the 2013 farm bill that would call for stiff punishment of irs agents who leak. >> right. >> what would that punishment involve? >> well, basically it will become a felony if theyre doing it deliberately like that. i think thats really problematic. think about it. youre turning over documents to a government agent i is. someone in that government agency is cooperate with the press in an effort to embarrass you. thats separate fr...

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