Kent Conrad: “There are so many different page numbers on this page, I am not sure which of these page numbers is the relevant page…”

“There are so many different page numbers on this page, I am not sure which of these page numbers is the relevant page number. There are at least three page numbers on the page. That is how slapdash this whole thing is. There is a page number 802, there is a page number 1112, and there is a page number 85. Take your pick. This is what it says, and I quote it to my colleague, section 222: Notwithstanding any other provision of law governing the disclosure of income tax returns or return information, upon written request of the chairman of the House or Senate Committee on Appropriations, the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service shall hereafter allow agents designated by such chairmen access to Internal Revenue Service facilities and any tax returns or return information contained therein. That is the provision that is in this stack of paper. That is an outrage. That is absolutely beyond the pale to allow staffers here the access to tax returns of any American citizen, of any American company with absolutely no civil or criminal penalties for the release of that private information. What is going on here that we have a stack of paper that has a little nugget like that stuck in? That cannot be.”