[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 137 (Monday, October 6, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H8361]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                THE IRS

  (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, asking the Congress to stay out of it, 
the IRS is promising to reform themselves. Like a wounded TV 
evangelist, the IRS is begging the American people for forgiveness. 
They said, ``This time we really mean it. Cross our hearts, hope to 
die.''
  Spare me, Mr. Speaker. Who is kidding whom? Allowing the IRS to 
reform themselves would be like allowing Jeffrey Dahlmer to head up the 
Boy Scouts. The IRS is guilty, guilty, guilty, and every time they get 
caught with their fingers in our 1040's, they plead for forgiveness.
  Enough is enough. I say it is time to kick these computer cowboys 
right up their hard drives. Pass H.R. 367 and change the burden of 
proof in a civil tax case. That will get it done.
  With that, I yield back all those crocodile tears at the Internal 
Revenue Service.




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