[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 154 (Thursday, November 6, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H10108]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          REPEAL THE IRS CODE

  (Mr. BLUNT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BLUNT. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the House did something that every 
single observer 2 weeks ago and a month ago said was impossible, we 
turned the tables on the IRS to where citizens are protected; where 
taxpayers will have new taxpayer rights; to where, if people lose an 
IRS case, they have to pay, but if they win that IRS case, the 
Government has to pay. The resources of the Government are no longer 
overwhelmingly on the side stacked against taxpayers.
  But Mr. Speaker, the real villain is not the IRS. We want to change 
the IRS as we know it. The real problem is the IRS Code. We need to 
repeal that Code. We need to start over again. We need to give the 
American taxpayer a fair deal, a safe deal, a simple deal, something 
they understand. The only way to do that is to repeal the Code. We need 
to do that when we get back into this Congress next year.

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