[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 186 (Friday, October 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5824]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 NO SPYING ON AVERAGE AMERICANS BY IRS

  (Mr. COMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COMER. Madam Speaker, I rise to express my continued opposition 
to Elizabeth Warren and House Democratic efforts to expand the IRS to 
spy on everyday Americans' bank accounts with transactions over $600. I 
know there has been talk of raising that to $10,000. I am opposed to 
all of this.
  Madam Speaker, the banks already have mechanisms in place to catch 
suspicious activity. Those are called SARs or specific activity 
reports. We don't need additional tools by the IRS to harass everyday 
working Americans who are struggling to pay their bills.
  If the intention by the Democrats is to go after people who are 
billionaires and multimillionaires who are not paying their taxes, then 
spying on average Americans' bank accounts with over $600 transactions 
is not going to do it.
  We have to do things in a better way. We have to focus the IRS' time 
to where it is best served, and that is to focus on tax cheats, not 
everyday, average working Americans. I urge opposition to this 
infringement of our rights.

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