[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13425]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                THE IRS

  (Mr. WENSTRUP asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WENSTRUP. Mr. Speaker, if a Cincinnatian were audited tomorrow, 
the IRS would expect my constituent to have the last 7 years of records 
to simply prove their compliance with the law. The IRS? Not so much. It 
is a different standard for them.
  After spending years politically targeting Americans, and trampling 
the First Amendment to silence opposition, the IRS is hiding from the 
American people. Now, instead of coming clean, the IRS is essentially 
saying: Sorry, the dog ate my homework. They say: Our emails are 
missing.
  It would appear that Lois Lerner knew what she was doing. In April 
2013 she warned staff to be cautious about what information they put in 
emails.
  The Federal Government cannot and should not expect to live above the 
rules that govern every hardworking American. The breach of trust is 
devastating. The American people expect a government that is answerable 
to the people, not one that shirks any accountability or responsibility 
for blatant political abuse.
  A viable special prosecutor must be appointed to get answers. We 
can't continue to let bureaucrats hide from justice.

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