Crenshaw Subcommittee Will Hold Oversight Hearing on IRS Use of Taxpayer Dollars on Monday, June 3

Statement

Congressman Ander Crenshaw, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, today (5/23) announced that his subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on June 3 to examine how the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) allocates its appropriated federal funding from Congress.

The hearing will begin at 3 p.m. in room 2359 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Witnesses are Acting IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George.

"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."

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