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Intrusive in our lives and pick out who to target. that's not american, it's intolerable and we're going to keep pushing until we fine out, and hopefully if the american people rise up, let me tell you what happens to me and we can look into that and we can go after these folks and find out what happened. i don't believe for one second this is a little group in cincinnati, some rookies that just got in and pushed the wrong button. the three years we knew before the this going on. these are highly selective questions, highly targeted people, and you have to wonder who knew about it, when, and w...

And outrageous activities that both sides of the aisle recognize as being outrageous and improper, when they occurred, correct? >> yes, it is. >> mr. george, prior to commissioner schulmann, the last political head or political appointee of the irs was mr. mark everson is that correct? >> that is correct, sir. >> he was also appointed by president george w. bush? >> yes, i believe so. >> and during his tenure it is believed that groups like the naacp, progressive churches in opposition to the war in iraq and environmental groups were targeted by the irs. mr. miller, while you were appointed ac...

>> r eporter: and in addition to that, in march of last year seven senate democrats wrote the irs urging it to impose strict caps on spending by nonprofits. former irs commissioner mark everson told fox news that the irs pays very, very close attention to these types of congressional demands. >> but the point here is it's totally appropriate for chairman baucus to raise that issue, but anything that the service would do in terms of looking at c4s should have been evenhanded, and it wasn't, and that's the shame here. >> reporter: as hearings get underway, the first scheduled for tomorrow at 9 a...

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