[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 130 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7836]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       THE IRS IS BEING PICKED ON

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Madam Speaker, former IRS commissioner said, 
``Congressman Traficant for years has worked to turn the American 
people against the IRS.'' He said, ``It is unfair, and the IRS is not a 
two-headed monster.''
  The IRS is being picked on. How about a pity party. Do I hear 
violins? Let us tell it like it is. If the IRS is not a two-headed 
monster, why are American citizens literally wearing bags over their 
heads afraid to death to tell the Government how they feel about the 
IRS? The truth is, the American people know the IRS, the Congress knows 
the IRS, and the IRS knows the IRS.
  I want to say one last thing. I am going to advise IRS spokespeople 
to stop mentioning my name on national television. I yield back the 
balance of their abuses.

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