(Washington, DC) – US Representative Sue Myrick (NC-09) has released the following statement regarding the expansion of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under the new health care bill.

“Talk about creating jobs. The Majority has written a bill that requires approximately 16,500 additional IRS agents, auditors and other employees. Under this bill, these new government employees will be able to determine if you have ‘acceptable’ health coverage, and fine you if you don’t. If you can’t pay the fine, they’ll now have the authority to confiscate your tax return. To top it off, $10 billion of your tax dollars will be used to pay for these gross expansions. More bureaucracy. It’s just what the doctor ordered”.