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On the recordSeptember 14, 2016
I thank the gentleman from Ohio for his leadership, bringing this to our attention, and giving us the time to talk about it. Mr. Speaker, on what we are talking about, we have heard all the facts, so I don't want to belabor them. Numerous protective orders, subpoenas--literally, a preservation order from his own organization, his own agency--the IRS Commissioner just disregarded all that stuff and did exactly what he wanted to do in contravention to what any of us would do. Two standards of justice is what we are talking about, whether it was for Lois Lerner, whether it was for John Koskinen, or whether it was for Hillary Clinton, two standards of justice: one for them, one for the people who are connected; and one for all the rest of us, one for the people out there in the real world. I remember in my business, when we got a letter from the IRS, ``Oh, provide something from 4 years ago,'' we would go to our accountant and say, ``Well, we already turned this stuff in. We have submitted this stuff.'' ``Well, you have to save your records for 7 years, and you have got to submit that, or you are going to be in trouble.'' I mean, when you see something from the IRS, your heart stops. Do you think Lois Lerner's heart stopped? Do you think if the police were looking at you or investigating you that you would get to go to the judge without talking to the police and say, ``Hey, I will tell you what happened here, but we don't need to involve the police in that''?…
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Scott Perry
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