Rep. Mike Kelly Receives Standing Ovation at Ways & Means Hearing on IRS Scandal

Rep. Mike Kelly Receives Standing Ovation at Ways & Means Hearing on IRS Scandal

THANK YOU REP MIKE KELLY!

Congress Begins Investigation into IRS Targeting Conservative Organizations for Extra Scrutiny

House Ways and Means Hearing on IRS - Part 1

Congress Begins Investigation into IRS Targeting Conservative Organizations for Extra Scrutiny

House Ways and Means Hearing on IRS - Part 2



Washington, DC
Friday, May 17, 2013

The House Ways and Means Committee holds the first Congressional hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) subjecting applicants for tax-exempt status to higher levels of scrutiny based on political leanings.

Witnesses include Acting IRS Commissioner Steve Miller who resigned on Wednesday and the Treasury Department’s Inspector General Russell George for Tax Administration.

Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) said the IRS' targeting of "American taxpayers based on politics is both astounding and appalling."  He stated that the Committee will "get to the bottom of this practice and ensure it never takes place again.”
In announcing the hearing, Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) said that it is "essential that there be a thorough and bipartisan investigation and effective remedial action.”

Since June 2011, the Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating whether the Internal Revenue Service discriminated against taxpayers based on political opinions.