Political Quotes

“the provisions in the Treasury-Postal fiscal year 1997 appropriations bill directly impact my constituents. I represent tens of thousands of Federal employees, many of whom work at the Treasury Department, IRS, U.S. Customs Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Secret Service, Postal Service, General Services Administration, and Executive Office of the President--all funded by the Treasury-Postal appropriations bill. This bill affects all of our constituents--America's taxpayers--in many ways. While this bill contains many provisions that will improve the way in which the Government operates, it also contains some very troubling cuts to the IRS and restrictions on a woman's right to choose. Mr. Chairman, I strongly oppose the IRS cuts contained in this bill. This legislation appropriates $776 million less for the Internal Revenue Service than the fiscal year 1996 appropriation. Most of these reductions are in the IRS information systems account; it is cut by 29 percent from last year's appropriation. This legislation will restrict the expenditure of virtually all IRS tax systems modernization [TSM] funding and will require the IRS to immediately eliminate all but 150 of its 2,016 tax systems modernization employees--all from the D.C. area. These TSM employees' knowledge and expertise are critical to the success of the TSM system.…”