Washington, DC - A review of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) documents by the Ways and Means Committee reveals that conservative groups (groups whose name includes the phrases “conservative,” “Tea Party,“ “Patriot,” or “9/12”) received much higher scrutiny than groups containing the phrase “progressive.”  Utilizing its section 6103 authority, which allows the… Read more

Washington, DC  -  Today, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) released an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) response to his April 18, 2013 letter asking the IRS to document employees who leave their official duties to attend union training on the taxpayer’s dime. In the response, the IRS stated that: In… Read more

In a June 2013 response to the Ways and Means Committee, the IRS identified 65 million documents potentially responsive to the IRS-Tea Party investigation. After Chairman Camp and Ranking Member Levin sent a letter to IRS pressing the agency to expedite their document production, the IRS revised their original estimate down to 460,000 responsive documents.  This revised estimate… Read more

Agency stonewalling could permanently harm Americans' faith in government. In all the day-to-day of the IRS scandals I don't think it's been fully noticed that the overall reputation of the agency has suffered a collapse, the kind from which it can take a generation to recover fully. In the long term this will prove damaging to the national morale—what happens to a great nation when… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman announced that the IRS has produced less than one percent of the total documents requested in the Congressional inquiry into the IRS targeting of conservative groups.   "The IRS demands that hardworking Americans comply with its rules and regulations subject to strict deadlines, but it appears that same… Read more

  Lawmakers investigating the political targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service are demanding to know exactly who asked IRS employees like Lois Lerner to leave their positions after the scandal broke, and why. Republicans Dave Camp, the Ways and Means Committee chairman, and Darrell Issa, the Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman, sent… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) wrote to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Principal Deputy Commissioner Daniel Werfel regarding the status of IRS employees who resigned or were placed on Administrative leave following their involvement in the targeting of… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) wrote to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Principal Deputy Commissioner Daniel Werfel regarding reports that the IRS accidently released thousands of Social Security numbers. The letter directs the IRS to verify the… Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) and U.S. Representative Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) – both physicians – sent HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius a letter asking serious questions about “ongoing significant weaknesses in HHS’ financial management” outlined in HHS's FY2012 financial audit. The Members noted, “many of these issues [had] been discussed every year… Read more

Washington, D.C. – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) along with Republican Members of the Committee sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius expressing concerns about the readiness and ability of… Read more