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Jim Jordan: “We are not trying to get the IRS. The IRS is trying to get conservative Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
We are not trying to get the IRS. The IRS is trying to get conservative Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment free speech rights.
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Jim Jordan
Republican · Ohio

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Jim Jordan defends Republican hearings on the IRS, claiming they protect free speech rights.

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