James Traficant: “I want this amendment to be understood. I want it to be debated. The House has evidently reviewed behavior. I want all…”

“I want this amendment to be understood. I want it to be debated. The House has evidently reviewed behavior. I want all the Members in the back to hear this amendment, and I want your vote. The American people want your vote. Evidently, we have discussed conditions under which some of us may, in fact, in some areas support the bill and in other areas where Congress has some significant reservations. My amendment is not reactive. My amendment is strictly prevention. Now, I would like to urge the Members of Congress to consider that an ounce of prevention is worth a whole pound of cure. My amendment states that this section shall not apply with respect to a search or seizure carried out by the Internal Revenue Service. Ladies and gentlemen, we have an Internal Revenue Service that has taken license and has, in fact, intruded the kitchens and the family rooms of the American people on many cases. Those cases are now legendary. In the matter of Alex and Kay Council of North Carolina, their accountant advised them under a windfall profit they made on the sale of a business that there was a legitimate tax shelter for a specific investment; they took it. The IRS found difficulty and ruled that the tax shelter was not allowed. And the case was finally adjudicated, the notice of deficiency was sent to the wrong address. The IRS said they have no bounds by the Congress of the United States to prove they made a proper notice.”