[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 22 (Thursday, March 3, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 3, 1994]
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                 CONSTITUTION COVERS AMERICAN TAXPAYERS

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, for more than 4 years, Alex and Kay 
Council fought the IRS, trying desperately to provide that they did not 
owe $70,000, that grew to $300,000. They said the IRS was ruthless--so 
ruthless, that Alex Council believed he had no other choice to provide 
money for his family, so he took his own life. He left a note, and he 
said, ``Use the insurance money to stop this illegal agency that is out 
of control and fight, by God, for our family.''
  Mr. Speaker, a court in North Carolina ruled the following: No. 1, 
his deduction was completely legal; and No. 2, the IRS never made 
notice.
  The IRS said they sent a letter, and it did not need to be certified. 
It was an oversight.
  Mr. Speaker, we in Congress ought to be ashamed of ourselves. If 
Charles Manson is innocent until proven guilty, an American taxpayer 
should be treated the same way. Discharge Petition No. 12 says a 
taxpayer is innocent until proven guilty and the Constitution still 
means something in our country.

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