[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13083]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        EXPECT MORE FROM THE IRS

  (Mr. GOWDY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. GOWDY. There is a hunger in this country, Madam Speaker, for 
things that bind us together. Americans agree the IRS should never 
target citizens. Americans agree the government should tell us the 
truth.
  The IRS has offered eight different explanations for targeting our 
fellow citizens. If we, Madam Speaker, changed our story to government 
eight different times, we would be called inmates.
  We can't lie to government. Therefore, government should never be 
able to lie to us.
  We agree no President should ever prejudge the outcome of an 
investigation while that investigation is ongoing. No President should 
ever say there is not a smidgeon of corruption while an investigation 
is ongoing.
  We agree government should play by the same rules that we play by. We 
have to keep our emails, we have to keep our receipts, we have to keep 
our records. Why should it be any different for the IRS?
  Finally, Madam Speaker, if we want something in this country that 
unites us and binds us together, expecting more and better from the IRS 
seems like a really good place to start.

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