[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 827]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



       INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR 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, in 1997, the IRS seized 10,000 
properties. After Congress changed the law and shifted the burden of 
proof to the IRS, last year, the IRS seized only 161 properties; 161 
from 10,000. But guess what, the IRS wants the law changed back. They 
say it is too costly. Unbelievable.
  If the IRS had their way, last year 9,840 American families would 
have lost their homes and their businesses. Beam me up.
  Listen. If innocent until proven guilty is good enough for mass 
murderers, it is good enough for Mom and Dad, and it is good enough for 
the IRS.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the tears and whining over the IRS.

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