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June 28, 2013
Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) blasts the sitting IRS chief for withholding information from the committee - Good!
Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) blasts the sitting IRS chief for withholding information from the committee
Acting IRS chief Daniel Werfel was back in front of Congress today, this time testifying before a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on his review of the agency's admitted targeting of conservative groups. During his time questioning Werfel, Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) began berating Werfel over the heavily redacted documents members of Congress received, at one point dramatically crumpling the paper in his hand and exclaiming, "this is junk!"
When Roskam accused the IRS head of illegally withholding information from the committee, Werfel responded by outlining his attempts to balance transparency with privacy. "I want to make sure you understand and that your constituents understand the tension that exists, that we also have a solemn responsibility to protect the confidentiality of their tax-payer information." Explaining that the full information is sent to the chairman of the Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees, Werfel acknowledged Roskam's concern that there has been "over-redcation."
The congressman cut Werfel off at that point by crumpling the report he held in his hand, saying, "this is junk. This has no meaning." When Werfel pushed back, Roskam accused him of "hiding behind" the privacy issue. "I'm putting you on notice," Roskam said, adding he's going to "make sure the IRS is forthcoming and not creating a bunch of nonsense, hiding behind bureaucratic double-talk."
“This is junk! This is junk!… And you’re hiding behind it and I’m putting you on notice. This committee intends to uphold the 1998 act. And, we’re going to follow through on it to make sure the IRS is forthcoming and not creating a bunch of nonsense hiding behind bureaucratic double-talk.”
Wild Thing's comment................
Good for Rep. Peter Roskam he did great. Everyone should be ticked off the way this committee has been treated and instead they all mock it just like Obama mocks our entire country.
Posted by Wild Thing at June 28, 2013 12:45 AM
Comments
Thank you Congressman Roskam. IF we can win the WH in 2016, we may then be able to attack the IRS and cut back it's overreaching and corrupt power.
Posted by: TomR,armed in Texas at June 28, 2013 11:41 AM
