Ander Crenshaw to Hold Congressional Hearings on IRS Abuses

From his perch as chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, First Coast Republican U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw will be looking into the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Crenshaw announced on Thursday that his committee will examine on June 3 how the IRS allocates its funding. Acting IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George will be testifying before Crenshaws committee.

In a statement issued on Thursday, Crenshaw said recent revelations that the IRS took aim at conservative and tea party groups were disturbing and he hopes his committee can help end those kind of practices.

As the subcommittee drafts the Fiscal Year 2014 Financial Services Appropriations Bill, it is critical to gain a clear understanding of how the IRS uses the taxpayer dollars it receives from Congress and to research how our bill can help prevent abuses like those revealed in the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report from ever happening again, said Crenshaw. The IRS admission that individual group applications for tax-exempt status were inappropriately singled out for further review is chilling. The subcommittee looks forward to helping ensure that taxpayer dollars are used properly and that all Americans are treated equally regardless of their political affiliation.