Dave Camp: “I come to the floor today in support of H.R. 2009, legislation that will prevent the IRS from getting involved in…”

“I come to the floor today in support of H.R. 2009, legislation that will prevent the IRS from getting involved in Americans' health care. The IRS is already out of control, abusing its power to tax and to audit the activities of honest, hardworking Americans. The IRS has betrayed the trust of the American people. Yet ObamaCare granted the IRS 47 new powers, including giving confidential taxpayer information to other departments and applying new taxes and penalties. Well before the IRS started getting involved in your health care and sharing your information and forcing people to pay even more taxes, let's first look at the job the IRS is already doing. Back in 2011, I investigated claims that the IRS was threatening with higher taxes donors to conservative causes. It turned out to be true. The IRS was abusing its authority, and it was harassing conservatives; but that was just the tip of the iceberg. We soon learned of more accusations about how the IRS was targeting Americans for their political beliefs. What we have found so far--and we just have 3 percent of the documents from the IRS that we have requested--is that the IRS did leak confidential taxpayer information, that they did delay applications of groups supporting conservative causes, and that they did threaten conservatives with higher taxes. And Democrats want to give this agency more power and authority?…”