Paulsen On IRS Scandal: This is a Bad Week for America

Questions Witnesses at Two Key Congressional Hearings Last Week

Washington, D.C. – Representative Erik Paulsen (MN-03), member of the Ways and Means Committee and Joint Economic Committee (JEC), questioned witnesses at two important hearings last week on Capitol Hill.

On Friday, Rep. Paulsen questioned the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) outgoing Acting Commissioner Steve Miller and Treasury Inspector General Russell George for unfairly targeting conservative groups who sought tax-exempt status with the IRS. On Wednesday, Rep. Paulsen discussed the role women play in American manufacturing with Darlene Miller, President and CEO of Permac Industries in Burnsville, MN.

House Ways & Means Committee Examines IRS Targets Conservative Groups

READ Paulsen’s statement on the IRS hearing

WATCH Paulsen’s questioning from the hearing

Joint Economic Committee Hearing on Women in Manufacturing

WATCH Paulsen’s questioning during Wednesday’s Joint Economic Committee hearing

Paulsen, a champion of small business and an advocate of free enterprise, entrepreneurship, and innovation, serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, the bicameral Joint Economic Committee, and is co-chair of the Congressional Medical Technology Caucus.

For more information on Rep. Paulsen’s work in Congress visit www.paulsen.house.gov.

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