[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 130 (Thursday, September 19, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H10603-H10604]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             REFORM THE IRS

  (Ms. DUNN of Washington asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DUNN of Washington. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to present 
you with a clear and convincing contrast of two visions for America: 
The Republican vision and the Democrat vision.
  First, the Democrat vision:
  In Monday's Washington Post my good friend, the gentleman from New 
York, Charlie Rangel, the House Ways and Means Democrat in line to 
become chairman of the committee if the Democrats pull off a miracle, 
defended the IRS and said, ``We have the best and fairest tax 
collection system in the world.''

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  Hmmm.
  Now, for the Republican vision:
  Earlier this month Bob Dole said, ``It's time to end the IRS as we 
know it.'' He is calling for putting the word ``service'' back in the 
Internal Revenue Service by requiring IRS employees to help taxpayers 
understand the law rather than simply punish Americans for misapplying 
it.
  I like the second vision, and I bet America will too. We need a 
solution to our IRS problem that empowers the hard-working American 
taxpayer. We need to reform the IRS.

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