[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6549-6550]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              NO BONUSES FOR IRS TAX DELINQUENT EMPLOYEES

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Speaker, last week we learned that 
the IRS paid out more than $1 million of taxpayer-funded bonuses and 
other awards to more than 1,100 employees who owe back taxes. That is 
outrageous.

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  This bonus scandal comes at a time when the IRS is under fire for 
targeting Americans based on their beliefs and amid reports that reveal 
IRS workers broke the law by engaging in political activity on the job. 
Simply put, the IRS is out of control. IRS employees are failing to 
comply with the very laws they were hired to enforce. Worse, it further 
proves that Washington doesn't respect nor care how Americans' hard-
earned tax dollars are spent.
  It is time for the IRS to respect hardworking American taxpayers, and 
that is why I am introducing a commonsense bill to prohibit the IRS 
from providing bonuses to tax delinquent IRS workers.
  I urge my colleagues to join in this effort. It is the right thing to 
do.

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