[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         THE 1-800 IRS HOTLINE

  (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, to facilitate collections out in 
Portland, OR, the IRS installed a 1-800 hotline. The taxpayers in 
Portland called this number and lo and behold, they did not get the 
IRS; they got a fantasy phone sex program.
  This is no joke. Unbelievable. How does that tickle your tax credit? 
Some sexy voice says, come on down and we'll treat you to whatever is 
necessary, your total sexual fantasies.
  To tell you the truth, there is not much difference between the IRS 
hotline and a fantasy phone sexline except it costs $4 a minute I guess 
for the fantasy phone sexline. I think the end result is basically the 
same.
  I guess when the phone company, Mr. Speaker, says reach out and touch 
somebody, the IRS is trying but the end result is usually the same.
  Congress, we should pass H.R. 390 and change the burden of proof in a 
tax case so these hotlines might get straightened out.

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