Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to support H.R. 744, the Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act of 2014 or, simply, the STOP Identity Theft Act. Over the past several years, we have all witnessed the crime of tax return theft explode into a nationwide epidemic. It is time for Congress to act and let would-be thieves know that there will be serious consequences if they engage in this crime. Thank you to Congressman Lamar Smith for leading this effort with me over the past 3 years. I hope that we can finally get this legislation over the finish line so law enforcement has more tools in the fight against crime. Working with our Senate sponsors, Senator Amy Klobuchar and Senator Jeff Sessions, I know that we can get this done. Thank you to Chairman Goodlatte and to his intrepid staffer Caroline Lynch for your support and your leadership to help bring this bill to the floor today. We have all heard stories of tax refund thefts. An unsuspecting taxpayer goes to file their tax return only to be told by the Internal Revenue Service that someone else has already filed their return and claimed their hard-earned tax refund. {time} 1615 Tax return identity theft wreaks emotional and financial havoc on hardworking taxpayers and costs the Federal Government billions of dollars.…”