Political Quotes

“I think the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Kingston] is right on target. There are three parts to this national debate and national issue that I think affect Pennsylvanians as well as they do Georgians and everyone else in the other 48 States. The fact is, people are already overtaxed, and we have already started on the road to reducing taxes in this session. Number two, we need to change the IRS culture as we know it, and to change that agency and dismantle it. Three, we need to have a new Tax Code. Let me just speak, if I can, about the second point, which I think is very important. The IRS has gone on too long with being unchecked, and where it all started was the original law which said that the IRS commissioner is presumed to be correct and taxpayers are presumed to be guilty. That whole presumption has to change and be reversed. We need to have legislation such as I will be introducing as Taxpayer Bill of Rights III which says, no more quotas, no more fishing expeditions by the IRS, no more improper procedures with regard to bank accounts and businesses. The IRS from now on will be responsible for legal bills that they cause unfairly to taxpayers and businesses, and they also will be responsible for any closures of businesses wrongfully conducted, just like you and I as private business people could be involved with a lawsuit if we interfere with someone else's right to conduct business. We need to make the agency accountable for the first time.”