[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10859]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           IRS ABUSE OF POWER

  (Mr. BARROW of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARROW of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, it turns out that the targeting 
of conservative groups by the IRS was just the beginning of a much 
bigger problem.
  Every week since, we learn something new about how the IRS has abused 
its power, and this week is no different. Wine, diet pills, romance 
novels, and even X-rated movies were purchased with government credit 
cards. Lavish spending isn't the only problem. New reports tell us that 
the IRS sent nearly $50 million of taxpayer money to ``unauthorized 
aliens.''
  Mr. Speaker, folks in my district have had enough, and so have I. 
They work hard for their money, only to have a Federal agency like the 
IRS run wild with it and offer no apologies. Every person at the IRS 
should be held accountable for their actions, and we need to put 
reforms in place to make sure that taxpayer money isn't misused in the 
future.

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