[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5071]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TAX DAY AND IRS ACCOUNTABILITY

  (Mr. ROTHFUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Speaker, Americans strongly dislike tax day, and 
Uncle Sam is set to take in record levels of Americans' tax dollars 
again this year. These are dollars that the hard-working taxpayers take 
out of their wallets, and they are too often used to grow Washington's 
bureaucracy at the expense of growth elsewhere in the country.
  Western Pennsylvanians are rightfully frustrated with the Federal 
Government's overreach into their daily lives. Back in Pennsylvania's 
12th District, I regularly talk with folks who are appalled by the IRS' 
hypocrisy, corruption, and abuse of power.
  From IRS' attempts to shut down people who disagree with the 
administration's political agenda to Federal employees owing thousands 
in back taxes, the IRS needs to be held accountable to the people. 
Washington bureaucrats are not above the law. Americans spend countless 
hours and precious financial resources in filing their tax returns by 
April 15. They are following the law. It is only fair for the American 
people to expect that the IRS does the same.
  I was proud to support several bills today that are designed to 
protect taxpayers, to restore the public's faith in our system of laws, 
and to prevent the IRS from abusing its power.

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