Crenshaw Slates Subcommittee Hearing on IRS Use of Taxpayer Dollars

Statement

Congressman Ander Crenshaw, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, today (5/16) announced that his subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing in early June to examine how the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) allocates its appropriated federal funding from Congress.

"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."

The witness panels will include high-ranking IRS officials and those overseeing IRS operations. Details will be released as they become available.

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