[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13085]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   THE IRS' DANGEROUS DOUBLE STANDARD

  (Mr. DAINES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAINES. Madam Speaker, imagine telling the IRS you ``just lost'' 
your paperwork; or ``sorry, I accidentally deleted my tax forms, guess 
I won't be getting those to you.''
  How do you think the IRS would respond? Not well. The IRS would find 
your actions ``inexcusable,'' paid back with a fine or criminal 
punishment, but when the IRS asks the same of us, we are expected to 
let them off the hook.
  Losing 2 years' worth of emails is not only unlikely, but it is 
unacceptable. The IRS would not accept that excuse from the people of 
Montana, and Montanans will not accept that excuse from the IRS.
  This double standard is abusive. It is irresponsible. The IRS holds a 
great deal of power over the individual lives of the American people, 
and the requirements they ask of us, we are asking of them.
  As representatives of the people the IRS is hurting, the House will 
hold the IRS to the standards that they hold the rest of America.

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