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Said to us. they said lois lerner was there. se said nothing about the targeting. days later in a planned, calculated question and answer question disclosed it at a public conference. what the committee smells here is number one contempt for congress, the agency has not been answering honestly. let's say on tuesday the answer is i don't know, on thursday you come into information, what the congress is trying to say the law requires you to call us an come back and say i have that information. when i told you this i was not aware of that. that's going to get to a broader question on the republic...

Establish the facts that we do know. based on the report, we know for an 18-month period beginning in spring 2010, irs in the agency's determinations unit employed key word, such as tea party, patriot and 9/12 to target tax exempt status. they were subject to further irs investigation and document requests. irs employees later expanded search to include groups concerned with government spending, debt, taxes, the constitution, the bill of rights or trying to "make america a better place to live." let me repeat that. people were targeted for trying to make america a better place to live. thighs ...

Harder to get to the facts and get to the issue going on here. there is a difference in my mind between stupid mistakes and malicious mistakes. the overwhelming political activities were from far right groups and examiners took a shortcut, which they clearly regret, deeply regret. the report says in black and white on page 7, quote," the determination unit employees stated they con considered the tea party criterion as a shorthand term for all potential political cases." closed quote. these applications were singled out for their names and policy position, not for the activities, which is real...

Page 7 of the i.t. report statsz, all of the individuals stated the criteria were not influenced by any individual or organization outside of the irs. is that correct? >> that is the information we received, correct, sir. >> did you find any evidence of political motivation in the selection of the tax exemption applications? >> we did not, sir. >> mr. miller, during your review of this matter, you indicated when you started it, did you find any evidence of political motivation on the part of employees involved in processing the applications at issue? >> we did not, sir. >> if we could put on t...

Statement before i take your questions. first and foremost, as acting commissioner i want to apologize on behalf of the internal revenue service for the mistakes we made and poor services we provided. the american public deserve better. partisanship or the perception of partshisanship has no place the irs. it can't even appear to have a role in determining tax exempt status in the organization. i don't believe politics motivated the people engaged in the treasury inspector general's report. i believe its conclusions with consistent with that i think what happened here, is foolish mistakes were...