[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 120 (Thursday, September 11, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7202]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        AMERICANS WANT TO CHANGE CIVIL TAX CASE BURDEN OF PROOF

  (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 American Bar Association does not 
want it, former IRS commissioners do not want it, the current IRS 
commissioner does not want it, tax attorneys do not want it, IRS 
collection agents do not want it. All of these bureaucrats and special 
interest people do not want Congress to change the burden of proof in a 
civil tax case.
  Some surprise, Mr. Speaker.
  All of these bureaucrats and special interest people have one major 
thing in common: They all make big bucks off the backs of the American 
people. Beam me up. I must admit, the only people in America that 
support changing the burden of proof in a civil tax case are the 
American people, in record numbers, and it is very simple: They are 
taxed off, they are fed up, and they want Congress to right this major 
wrong. Congress was not elected to represent special interest 
bureaucrats and the IRS.

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