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Louie Gohmert: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There are a couple of issues that are certainly worth elaborating on today. One is codified in…

On the recordSeptember 12, 2013
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There are a couple of issues that are certainly worth elaborating on today. One is codified in The Wall Street Journal article from September 11, yesterday, and 7:35 p.m. is when it's timed out. It's regarding IRS Supervisor Lois Lerner. The article is entitled ``Lois Lerner's Own Words.'' The article reads: Congress' investigation into the IRS targeting of conservatives has been continuing out of the Syria headlines, and it's turning up news. Emails unearthed by the House Ways and Means Committee between former director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner and her staff raise doubts about IRS claims that the targeting wasn't politically motivated and that low-level employees in Cincinnati masterminded the operation. In a February 2011 email, Ms. Lerner advised her staff, including then Exempt Organizations technical manager Michael Seto and then Rulings and Agreements director Holly Paz, that a Tea Party matter is ``very dangerous'' and is something ``counsel and Lerner adviser Judy Kindell need to be in on.'' Ms. Lerner adds, ``Cincy should probably NOT have these cases.'' That's a different tune than the IRS sang in May when former IRS Commissioner Steven Miller said the Agency's overzealous enforcement was the work of two ``rogue'' employees in Cincinnati. When the story broke, Ms. Lerner suggested that her office had been unaware of the pattern of targeting until she read about it in the newspaper.…
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas
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Sep 12, 2013

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