[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7119]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              IRS SCANDAL

  (Mr. WILLIAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, it has been 2 bad weeks for the White 
House: Benghazi coverups by the State Department officials, massive 
intrusion into phone records by the Justice Department, and the forced 
resignation of acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller and other top 
official, Joseph Grant, after one of the most unbelievable abuses of 
government power in recent years.
  After the IRS admitted to targeting conservative groups with whose 
messages it disagrees, the American people were shocked by this 
politically motivated discrimination. No matter what party controls the 
White House, taxpayers deserve to be treated fairly.
  President Obama promised an open and transparent government, yet 
these government lies show a complete disregard for the Constitution. 
In fact, the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause requires that the 
government treat all entities in a similar, fair, and equal manner.
  Let me be clear: no administration should ever use the IRS to target 
its political opponent--no way, no how. I will demand the 
administration be held accountable for this outrage.
  This is the United States of America, Mr. Obama, not one of your 
European buddies.

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