Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the previous question. There is absolutely no denying that the Democrats want to control every part of your life by allowing the IRS to snoop into your bank accounts. This is wrong. And for what? It is really truly all about control. This unlawful surveillance is their latest gambit. The Democrats' snooping scheme would include hiring 87,000 new IRS agents at a cost of almost $80 billion. That is almost enough IRS agents to fill up Sanford Stadium at the University of Georgia for a Saturday football game. Now, I will take a college football stadium full of SEC fans cheering on the Dawgs, but not one full of IRS agents. The proposal that the Democrats have put out claims to only go after wealthy tax cheats, but at its core, this is going to target every single farmer, every single family, every single gig worker, every single small business owner, and just about anyone who pays rent or pays a mortgage. Their bogus attempts to scale it back are meaningless. At any number, this is wrong. Think about how long it would take, paying $200 a month out of your bank account, or $200 a week out of your bank account, to get to the $10,000 number that they have proposed. Mr. Speaker, simply put, the Democrats' IRS surveillance plan is flat out wrong. It is an outright violation of the Fourth Amendment of every American. Government has no business sifting through our personal information. This is a foundational principle that this country was built on.…”