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Jeb Hensarling: “What the IRS did was wrong, because it tried to turn our citizens into subjects.”

On the recordMay 15, 2013
What the IRS did was wrong, because it tried to turn our citizens into subjects.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Hensarling condemns IRS actions as a violation of citizens' rights.

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