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James Traficant: after hard knocks on their door, a Chicago woman really smelled the coffee. Three IRS agents demanded-- yes, demanded to…

On the recordFebruary 14, 1995
after hard knocks on their door, a Chicago woman really smelled the coffee. Three IRS agents demanded-- yes, demanded to see her daughter. She said, ``My daughter is not home.'' They demanded to see her daughter. She was frightened, she called her husband, her husband called the accountant, and the accountant called the IRS. They said she did not report her interest on her savings. The IRS said it was a gift. They said, ``We don't believe you. Prove it.'' They said, ``I want to see your daughter.'' Their daughter was in second grade at the local elementary school. The IRS demanded: They did not ask. They said, ``Prove it. We don't believe you.'' They demanded. Mr. Speaker, I ask the Members to cosponsor H.R. 390. The taxpayer is innocent until proven guilty, and it is time that Congress started making some demands on the IRS. The people are boss in America, not the IRS.

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Discussing the need for IRS reform and supporting H.R. 390.

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