On the recordAugust 2, 2013
I yield myself the balance of my time. From the outset, I made clear my reaction to IRS mismanagement that called for relieving of duties of two people. But what the Republicans today are doing is using the IRS as a bootstrap to express their hatred of health care reform. I want to say this and challenge anybody to refute it: assertions that the IRS will have access to personal health information are wrong and are deliberately misleading. The IRS will only receive routine information--name, address, family size, incomes, coverage status-- needed to provide tax credits. That's it. The rest are falsehoods. I yield back the balance of my time.
