Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, as I said, the IRS made an incredible mess of this section of the IRS code, the 501(c)(4). After they messed it up and they intimidated people and they bullied folks, then they said: Well, let's just write a new regulation. So in 2013 they came along and said: Here is how we are going to determine tax-exempt status. A lot of people said: Well, here is an effort to just kind of shut down freedom of speech. What is interesting is, instead of clearing the air, the IRS generated this incredible firestorm of criticism from all across the political spectrum. Not surprisingly, the American Center for Law and Justice, which represents Tea Party organizations targeted by the IRS, described the regulation as an attack on free speech. But among the other 160,000 comments that came, the American Civil Liberties Union said: ``The proposed rule threatens to discourage or sterilize an enormous amount of political discourse in America.'' The IRS has got plenty to do. They always complain they don't have enough money. They don't need to go out and try to write a new rule to kind of clear the air of what they messed up a couple of years ago. The only thing this new regulation did was it just kind of united liberals and conservatives. So the best thing to do is leave it like it is and reject this amendment. Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``no'' vote. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR.…”