Political Quotes

“I commend the chairman for bringing to the floor a bill which received bipartisan support in the Committee on Ways and Means, a bill which was supported by two-thirds of the members of the committee, both Democrat and Republican. It is taxpayer protection, it is IRS accountability, it is IRS reform. I would note the tax administration reforms that are included in this are good. We are all interested in improving electronic filing and our goal is 80 percent by the year 2007. Today, the IRS Commissioner noted that the reforms regarding electronic filing today will help them achieve that goal by allowing an extra 15 days for those who file electronically. But because so much of the discussion in this room has focused on the 527 provisions, I thought I would focus on them as well. Two years ago, this House passed 527 reforms, legislation that was well intentioned. We gave some surprises for some folks back home, our local officials and our State legislators, and some local organizations who discovered all of a sudden that the heavy hand of the IRS was targeted at them.”