Excerpts from Sen. Paul's comments , in which Apple executives were summoned before a Senate subcommittee:
"I am offended by a government that uses the IRS to bully groups such as the Tea Party but I am also offended by a government that convenes a hearing to bully an American business."
"I am offended by the spectacle of dragging before the Senate, executives from Apple using the brute force of government to bully one of America's great success stories."
"I frankly think the Committee should apologize to Apple. I frankly think Congress should be on trial here for creating a bazaar and byzantine Tax Code that runs into the tens of thousands of pages, for creating a Tax Code that simply doesn't compete with the rest of the world."
"I say, instead of Apple executives, you should have brought in a giant mirror if you want to see who is responsible."
To the Apple executives here, I apologize for this theater of the absurd. I will do everything in my power to make our tax code simpler and more competitive."
"If there is anyone to blame here, it is Congress and the tax code it created."
