[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 27 (Friday, February 18, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E278-E279]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATION ACT, 2011

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                               speech of

                           HON. BRAD SHERMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 15, 2011

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 1) making 
     appropriations for the Department of Defense and the other 
     departments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes:

  Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Chair, Congressman Frank and Congressman Holt 
offered amendments reducing funding for the Internal Revenue Service, 
and increasing funding for the SEC and the Consumer Financial 
Protection Bureau, respectively.
  I do not support a reduction in the budget of the Internal Revenue 
Service, nor do I support the rather modest cut to the General Services 
Administration included in the Frank Amendment
  I believe that if the House adopts the Frank and Holt Amendments that 
the Senate will provide the funds to the Securities and Exchange 
Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau indicated in 
those amendments, and will also restore the funds to the IRS and the 
GSA. Accordingly, I did not vote for these amendments as if they were 
the last word that Congress would utter regarding the funding of the 
SEC, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the IRS, and the GSA. 
Rather, I believe that in the Senate, and in the Conference committee, 
the support registered for the Frank and Holt Amendments will bolster 
the claim of those trying to provide adequate funding for the SEC and 
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but will not undercut those 
of us seeking adequate funding for the IRS and GSA.
  My support for IRS funding does not mean that I do not think that 
there needs to be significant reform of the IRS, its operations, and

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in some hopefully rare cases, the manner in which it treats tax payers.

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