[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4150]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     THE IRS SHOULD BE FORTHCOMING

  (Mr. COLLINS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, the American people have not 
received the answers they deserved from the IRS. Lois Lerner appeared 
before the Oversight Committee last week and again refused to provide 
any insight into her IRS actions in this case.
  How can the President claim that there isn't even a ``smidgeon of 
corruption'' in the IRS targeting scandal? The investigation is still 
ongoing. If the President truly believes that the IRS did nothing 
wrong, then instruct them to cooperate with our investigation.
  If Lois Lerner truly did nothing wrong, which I doubt, then she 
should testify and lay the issue to rest. If, as the evidence suggests, 
the targeting of conservative groups was intentional, then what would 
be wrong with her explaining why she refuses to testify and continues 
to reassert her Fifth Amendment rights?
  The American people deserve to know if their freedom of speech was 
abridged for political reasons and if this administration is dedicated 
to silencing those with opposing views. I call on Lois Lerner and the 
IRS to be forthcoming so we can ensure that this never happens again.

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