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CONTACT: Drew Griffin, Drew.Griffin@mail.house.gov or 202-225-2871

 

Paulsen Questions IRS Commissioner on Missing Emails

 

Washington, D.C. – At a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, Congressman Erik Paulsen (MN-03) questioned Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen regarding the current investigation into former IRS employee Lois Lerner and the targeting of conservative groups. Last week, the IRS announced that two years of critical emails from Lois Lerner and six other IRS employees have been lost. Despite knowing this information since February, the IRS did not disclose this to the Ways and Means Committee Investigation until three months later.

 

“It’s long past time for the IRS to stop misleading Congress and the American people,” said Paulsen.  “The IRS systematically targeted individuals based on their personal beliefs, and as we found out today, is continuing to cover up their misdeeds.  How can Americans place trust in an agency that relentlessly pursues them for a $10 taxi receipt and at the same time says they have lost two years of emails from multiple individuals at the center of one of the most important investigations in IRS history?  The answer is simple: we can’t.”  

 

During his questioning, Paulsen mentioned a company in his district that faced four IRS audits over a ten year period. The company was even asked to provide a $10 cab receipt from months before. Congressman Paulsen questioned the fairness of an agency demanding so much in an audit when they can’t even keep track of large information – like critical emails – themselves. 

Paulsen, a champion of small business and 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 Congressman Paulsen’s work in Congress visit paulsen.house.gov. 

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CONTACT: Drew Griffin, Drew.Griffin@mail.house.gov or 202-225-2871

 

Paulsen Questions IRS Commissioner on Missing Emails

 

Washington, D.C. – At a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, Congressman Erik Paulsen (MN-03) questioned Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen regarding the current investigation into former IRS employee Lois Lerner and the targeting of conservative groups. Last week, the IRS announced that two years of critical emails from Lois Lerner and six other IRS employees have been lost. Despite knowing this information since February, the IRS did not disclose this to the Ways and Means Committee Investigation until three months later.

 

“It’s long past time for the IRS to stop misleading Congress and the American people,” said Paulsen.  “The IRS systematically targeted individuals based on their personal beliefs, and as we found out today, is continuing to cover up their misdeeds.  How can Americans place trust in an agency that relentlessly pursues them for a $10 taxi receipt and at the same time says they have lost two years of emails from multiple individuals at the center of one of the most important investigations in IRS history?  The answer is simple: we can’t.”  

 

During his questioning, Paulsen mentioned a company in his district that faced four IRS audits over a ten year period. The company was even asked to provide a $10 cab receipt from months before. Congressman Paulsen questioned the fairness of an agency demanding so much in an audit when they can’t even keep track of large information – like critical emails – themselves. 

Paulsen, a champion of small business and 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 Congressman Paulsen’s work in Congress visit paulsen.house.gov. 

###IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 20, 2014

CONTACT: Drew Griffin, Drew.Griffin@mail.house.gov or 202-225-2871

 

Paulsen Questions IRS Commissioner on Missing Emails

 

Washington, D.C. – At a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, Congressman Erik Paulsen (MN-03) questioned Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen regarding the current investigation into former IRS employee Lois Lerner and the targeting of conservative groups. Last week, the IRS announced that two years of critical emails from Lois Lerner and six other IRS employees have been lost. Despite knowing this information since February, the IRS did not disclose this to the Ways and Means Committee Investigation until three months later.

 

“It’s long past time for the IRS to stop misleading Congress and the American people,” said Paulsen.  “The IRS systematically targeted individuals based on their personal beliefs, and as we found out today, is continuing to cover up their misdeeds.  How can Americans place trust in an agency that relentlessly pursues them for a $10 taxi receipt and at the same time says they have lost two years of emails from multiple individuals at the center of one of the most important investigations in IRS history?  The answer is simple: we can’t.”  

 

During his questioning, Paulsen mentioned a company in his district that faced four IRS audits over a ten year period. The company was even asked to provide a $10 cab receipt from months before. Congressman Paulsen questioned the fairness of an agency demanding so much in an audit when they can’t even keep track of large information – like critical emails – themselves. 

Paulsen, a champion of small business and 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 Congressman Paulsen’s work in Congress visit paulsen.house.gov. 

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