Political Quotes

“the American people recently saw the IRS on trial. They saw a parade of witnesses come before the Congress to testify about the naked abuse of power over at the Internal Revenue Service. We saw current and former IRS agents who had to testify in secret because they feared for their lives. We saw ordinary citizens, taxpayers, who talked about how an audit turned their entire lives upside down, with some of them suffering great financial loss that will never be recovered. We saw a government agency totally out of control, lacking accountability, an agency where one is guilty until proven innocent. Madam Speaker, the IRS needs radical reform. This House has taken great steps to begin that process, and we look forward to the other body and the White House to join us in this effort to reform the Internal Revenue Service, which is an agency of intimidation rather than enforcement.”