[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 49 (Tuesday, April 28, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2347]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             REFORM 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. Mr. Speaker, the IRS is trying to kill reform. They 
are bringing out the big guns, Congress. The Treasury Department says, 
and I quote, whistle blowers are lying. The IRS is really doing a good 
job.
  Unbelievable. Tell that to the families of Alex Consul and Bruce 
Baron, both of whom committed suicide. Tell me, how many more Americans 
must commit suicide? How many more American families must be destroyed? 
Who is kidding whom? The tail is wagging the dog in America, and Uncle 
Sam is now barking the praises of the IRS. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker.
  No American should fear our government. The most important thing the 
Congress of the United States can do this year is reform the IRS. With 
that, I yield back any guts left in this great, august deliberative 
body.

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