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Peter Roskam: I find it incredibly ironic, you know, on the one hand you are arguing today that the IRS is not corrupt, but the…

On the recordMay 16, 2013
I find it incredibly ironic, you know, on the one hand you are arguing today that the IRS is not corrupt, but the subtext of that is you are saying, look, we are just incompetent.
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Peter Roskam
Republican · Illinois

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Roskam critiques the IRS's defense of incompetence over corruption.

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