Political Quotes

“This is one of the most ridiculous amendments I have ever seen. Just a few years ago, the IRS targeted people for their political beliefs, systematically, for a sustained period of time, went after conservatives because they didn't like their political beliefs and what they were doing. Now we are saying to those same people across this country--we had constituents. Congressman Meadows had constituents. The gentlewoman from Massachusetts may have constituents. We are now saying to them: Mr. and Mrs. Taxpayer, you may have been targeted by the IRS, but now we are going to take some of your hard-earned tax money and pay them, give them a pay raise? Giving people a pay raise who went after people's most fundamental right, your right to speak out against--your First Amendment liberties, that is what this amendment would do. Also, the chairman knows this. We did an investigation in the Oversight Committee. The IRS had fired people who they then rehired-- now think about this--and some of the people they rehired, who had been fired, some of the very people they rehired were people who didn't pay their taxes, and we are now going to give them a pay raise. You have got to be kidding me.…”