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Jon: i thought becky garrettson put it particularly well in that phrase when she essentially said, look, you know, i am an ordinary, free american, your jobs exist to maintain my freedom here in the u.s. congress, and that has been abused essentially by this agency of government. it just takes you back to the founding fathers, and what this country and what this government was set up to do. >> keep in mind, again we go back to this ridiculous comment that it was bad customer service. jon: yeah. >> the i.r.s. is an organization, is a federal agency that can bring the power of the law down on yo...

It is a great distance. thank you for being here and thank you, mr. chairman, i yield back the time. >> mr. nunez is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. kookogey, among the irs agents who demanded answer --. jon: the hearing goes on. we have to take a quick break, pay some bills. we'll be back with more coverage on "happening now."

Necessary coach today, joe? >> no, but i could use one. jon: what about the political impact? we just heard congressman jim mcdermott from washington state in the hearing suggesting that there have been abuses directed at democrats in the past as well. is there going to be trouble for the administration because of all of this? >> look, i think it's clear that there will be. and, look, there may well have been some progressive groups that were hit like this. but that is no defense of an any of it. you have to be appalled what they were telling the stories about the i.r.s.'s abuses of them. that...

Where was the outrage then? where was this sense of righteous indignation? as members of this committee, we must exercise our oversight role and honesty and fairness the american people expect and deserve. as we sit here today, let us also remember, that the irs has many good, hard-working employees who do a great job enforcing the tax code. we must not let the actions of misguided few hurt the reputation of the entire agency. if anything we must come together and find a bipartisan solution to a bipartisan problem. again, i want to thank each of you for taking the time, coming here, especially...

Of red flag warnings that analysts sometimes have. jon: adam shapiro, fox business network. thank you. >> reporter: you got it. jenna: from wall street back down to washington, d.c. where a fascinating hear something taking place. the house ways and means committee is having this hearing with organizations targeted by the irs. there is a slew of different panelists. you're taking a look at congressman richert. he is asking questions and there are more questions to come. we'll continue to watch this hearing and as well as monitoring answers from everyday americans saying they were targeted by t...