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On the recordSeptember 20, 2016
The IRS targeted people for exercising their most fundamental liberty, their right to speak against the policies of their government, and they got harassed for doing that.
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Jim Jordan
Republican · Ohio

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Jim Jordan emphasizes the IRS's targeting of individuals for their political speech.

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