[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7248]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     KOSKINEN AVOIDS ACCOUNTABILITY

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, yesterday Internal Revenue 
Service Commissioner John Koskinen refused to testify before the House 
Judiciary Committee to answer allegations that he failed to comply with 
a congressional subpoena, which resulted in the destruction of key 
evidence, that he provided false statements during his sworn testimony, 
and that he did not notify Congress that the disgraced Lois Lerner's 
emails were strangely missing.
  Sadly, this is not what Americans deserve from the professionals of 
the IRS. The IRS should be accountable to answer questions about the 
corruption of its duties. This comes at a time when Congress and the 
American people have real concerns about bias by the IRS' targeting of 
conservative organizations and by cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
  I am grateful for House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte's 
and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason 
Chaffetz' advocacy in their standing up for American taxpayers.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and may the President, by his 
actions, never forget September the 11th in the global war on 
terrorism.

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