[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 44 (Tuesday, April 15, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S3230]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RECOGNIZING THE FRONT LINE IRS EMPLOYEE

 Mr. ROBB. Mr. President, as we debate our tax system and the 
management of the Internal Revenue Service, I believe we should take 
time out to recognize a largely unappreciated group of public servants. 
If there is anyone dreading tax day more than the taxpayer in general, 
it is the front line IRS employee who is right now trying to handle all 
of those last minute phone calls and process the bulk of returns that 
are just now starting to flood in. These people are not the problem, 
they are the ones who make the system as it exists work in the best way 
possible. The revenues they collect pay for our national parks, our 
highways, and our national defense. While we can debate the system at 
length, I believe we should take a moment today of all days to 
recognize the hard work done by those front line men and women at the 
IRS to make our government run.

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