[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 157 (Sunday, November 9, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H10426]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   END IRS PRACTICE OF MEETING QUOTAS

  (Mr. HERGER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HERGER. Madam Speaker, I just cannot get over the shocking news 
about the IRS. It turns out that the IRS is not as bad as we thought. 
It is even worse. It turns out that when our friendly IRS agent appears 
at our door for an audit, he is not thinking about giving us a fair 
shake. He was not sent off from headquarters with instructions to do 
justice, no more, no less. No, of the things that is uppermost in his 
mind, the thing upon which his promotions will depend, is how much 
money he can extract from the poor taxpayer who is getting audited.
  God help you if your friendly IRS agent is having a little trouble 
this month making his quota of fines. If you catch him a little behind 
in making his revenue quota, if his boss put a little pressure on his 
agents in the last weekly meeting, you may not want to expect to 
survive your audit without having to fork over money that you do not 
even have.
  Madam Speaker, while the President and his friends at the Treasury 
Department are defending the evil ways of the IRS, this Congress is 
going to pass real change and put an end to this absolutely outrageous 
practice over at the IRS.

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