Political Quotes

“Mr. President, yesterday morning I called for the immediate resignation of Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller in light of the IRS's admission that it targeted conservative groups for inappropriate scrutiny. While I was willing to give Mr. Miller and other IRS officials the benefit of the doubt until the facts were in, the Treasury Inspector General report released on Tuesday has erased any doubts as to the severity of the misconduct and the blatant incompetence in dealing with the highest levels of the IRS. I am pleased President Obama chose to heed the call that I made, and others as well, by dismissing Mr. Miller last night. This is a necessary step, but only a first step, toward restoring the credibility and the integrity of the IRS. This scandal is much larger than any one official within the IRS. Any government official who knew about the misconduct within the IRS and decided not to make this information public should be held accountable. No American taxpayer should ever have to worry that a group they belong to or a view they espouse would subject them to less favorable tax treatment by their government. Yet the IG report has, unfortunately, confirmed this political profiling is exactly what happened. The misconduct by the IRS is troubling for a host of reasons, but there are two questions yet to be answered that I find particularly troubling.…”