Newt Gingrich: “I commend the Committee on Ways and Means on this bipartisan effort to change the law to make clear that the Congress…”

“I commend the Committee on Ways and Means on this bipartisan effort to change the law to make clear that the Congress will not accept Internal Revenue agents stepping over their bounds and looking at private tax information purely out of curiosity or, in some cases, potentially in order to blackmail people. This step of beginning to curb IRS abuses is only the first step in what I think will be a real landmark Congress in bringing the Internal Revenue Service under control. The fact is, with 110,000 employees, the Internal Revenue Service is too big, too complex, and too arrogant.”