[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 98 (Thursday, June 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5989]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              TIME TO TARGET THE IRS FOR POLITICAL REASONS

  (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, the IRS says our investigation of the 
National Rifle Association is not politically motivated. Right. Who is 
kidding whom? How can the IRS make that statement with a straight face?
  The truth of the matter is, Mr. Speaker, plain and simple, the 
Internal Revenue Service has targeted the National Rifle Association 
for political reasons. My colleagues know it, I know it, and the 
American people know it, and I want to say this:
  I think it is time for the Congress of the United States to target 
the Internal Revenue Service for political reasons, and that political 
reason is very simple. Here in America the people govern, and it is 
time that the Internal Revenue Service get that message.
  Think about it.
  

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