[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 101 (Thursday, July 28, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 28, 1994]
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                      INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY

  (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, in 1989 Kim Vielma had the IRS office in 
Bellevue, WA, deny her $2,000 tax shelter. But since she needed 
surgery, had no money and no savings, they made an agreement with her, 
signed an agreement and settled it.
  She thought it was over, so she moved to Las Vegas. When she got to 
Las Vegas she got a notice, she was called in and they said, ``This 
agreement is off. This is not Bellevue. We want $25,000,'' penalties 
and interest for a $2,000 issue, folks. She said, ``How could you do 
this?'' They said, ``It is none of your business. Pay it, and if you do 
not pay now, you will only pay more later.''
  Shame on Congress. Hide your face. Kim Vielma getting ripped off like 
this. She had an agreement. They tore the agreement up, threw her to 
the wolves. ``Who are you? You are just a citizen of the United States 
and what right do you have? You are quilty.''
  Sign Discharge Petition No. 12. You are innocent until proven guilty 
in America, including a taxpaper. Think about it.

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