[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 29, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3884]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        TIME TO REIN IN THE IRS

  (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, IRS testified down here that the Bill of 
Rights and the Constitution are great, but they should not be applied 
to taxpayers. Taxpayers should remain guilty in a tax court or they 
cannot do their jobs.
  Check out this case: A woman, Edith LiButti, up in New Jersey, once 
had a great race horse, ``Devil His Due.'' The IRS says you do not own 
all of that race horse, your dad has a partial interest; we put a lien 
on the horse. They wrecked her business, destroyed her reputation, and 
now they are saying their evidence is ``they have reason to believe'' 
her dad has a partial interest.
  Reason to believe? There can be no taxpayer Bill of Rights in America 
without changing the burden of proof. Taxpayers should at least be 
treated like a common criminal, by God.
  Let me say this: It is time for the Congress to give the devil his 
due. That is the IRS. It is time to straighten this mess out. I want 
your support on H.R. 3, and I know the IRS is getting to all of the big 
people around here and scaring them that they are not going to be able 
to raise taxes.
  Let us get on with our business.

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